Alder tree surprise

[greensurfingbear]

Just thought some of you boys and
girls would like this

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[susi]

Great!

 

[ashes1627]

Thats cool

 

[greensurfingbear]

I thought so to. Not 100 percent sure what caused it mind you.

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[Shewie]

Nice find

It looks a bit like one of those Cobras which the snake charmers have

 

[woodspirits]

no doubt the arborists amongst us will know, is it a fungal spoor of some kind?

 

[greensurfingbear]

aye my first thoughts where fungal, as you do get some nice fungus networking across the grains, just never seen in spiral like that!

 

[ex-member Raikey]

very nice find!

do you work green wood?

make a nice bowl that,...

Stu

 

[demographic]

Just a small point but I hear its possible to stop the bleedin irritating little advert that HTC desires do with every single post, not sure how as I don't have one but it is possible.

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[ex-member Raikey]

i thought people added it on purpose just to let everyone know they have an expensive phone,...


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[demographic]

i thought people added it on purpose just to let everyone know they have an expensive phone,...


#sent from my Mercedes by my P.A#

No I think its automatic.
I quite like the bit of Alder that started the thread, reminds me of something from the Mandlebrot set.

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[greensurfingbear]

Not big enough to make a bowl with Stew, it is only about 2" in diameter. Thought I'd thin them out a then sand it a wee bit and make a pendant or something.....

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[alan whelan]

I was just wondering was this cut with with a chain saw as I have spent many years turning highly figured wood and have never seen a circular pattern like this, is there any chance that its chain oil ?

 

[susi]

Is it related to the dimple that appears in the centre of both pieces.

 

[greensurfingbear]

Was indeed cut with chain saw but never seen it on any other tree I've felled.

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[Callum]

Maybe old bark stripping damage from deer or other animal.

 

[redneck]

Unusual, but nice

 

[treelore]

I could have been caused by many things from fungal spores, climate or a source of minerals in the soil when it was growing…it possible could have had an old wound at that stage of its growth that has caused the colouring

 

[addo]

Looks like one of the Vascular wilt fungal diseases, but other diseases are blocked off is various ways by the annual rings and medularies, which causes patternation. I think because its Alder it looks more impressive as it stains when cut anyhow. I could be wrong though as I've no books nearby to check, and I don't have to deal with these sort of tree problems often.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/cucurbitproblemsolver/root/verticillium_wilt.html

Fungus is one of my best friends when it come to knife handle cross sections though

 

[demographic]

IIRC Alder stains to reddish pinky after cutting, not like that.
Plus you can see that the chainsaw didn't have its nose in the cut as the cut striations are all across the log.