Holy Humpday Batman! Triviola...

Re: Holy Humpday Batman! Triviola...

Hmmmm........ For some reason this one bugs me, but I think that the gods would drink to it. For some reason Wine and syrup come to mind along with mushrooms.

;-)

Dan The Man Got It...Answer

That is the cross section of a sugar maple tree. The dark pattern is caused by years of tapping for sap to make syrup. The marks show the various tap penetrations that have been made.

Tommy

Actually no ;-(

I have seen ambrosia maple that looks similar to this. That is what I was thinking of.

Re: Dan The Man Got It...Answer

Tommy are you saying the sugar maple tree was tapped during it's life time 360* around the tree? I know NOTHING (Sgt. Shultz, : ' >) about maple syrup stuff. But I would think the sap-taps, : ' >, would be on the down hill side of the tree.

Thanks for the question,

Dale

Yeah, me too.

A lot of soft maple here in the south looks like that.

Re: Dan The Man Got It...Answer

Taps are not necessarily put on the downhill side but usually the south side to get the effect of the sun's warmth after a sub freezing night, but all sides do work. I don't know how big a diameter that log is but it looks like it got tapped at a fairly small diameter which wasn't too healthy for it.

This is what I thought it was

Here is a picture of part of a section of ambrosia Maple. I remembered seeing it somewhere and my thought was that the picture looked similar to this. Interesting that tapping can give the same kind of pattern.

Awright you wise guys!!!! More Info... *LINK*

Well, I am not an expert here either but here is where I got that tidbit.

Oh, and Dan...I am deducting your score. Sorry...but I had to do it. ;-)

Tommy


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Re: Awright you wise guys!!!! More Info...

No problem. It wasn't correct ;-) It is amazing how similar the two look though isn't it? I wonder if there is also some level of the fungus in the tapped areas that gives the color that looks so much like the ambrosia one. If so, I wonder how much damage it does to a tree.

Re: It is my understanding

...What you are referring to fungus is compartmentalization around the tree's injury. This colored wood keeps the whole tree from being infected. The Ambrosia fungi you are referring to is, as I understand, the black around the brooding holes.

I was taught a few years ago in a wood tech. class, that you will not always have the black Ambrosia food, the black stuff, around the hole. The Ambrosia beetles or grubs will miss the window of opportunity and there is not enough wood moisture to support the fungus.

Dale