-Spongiform Encephalopathy?

krsplat · Oct 6, 2021

-Spongiform Encephalopathy?
...This question may be confusing and obscure,
Anyway I saw a tree outside that appeared to have a tumorous parasitic growth,
of what looked like a fungus that's bulb had shown up at the base of the tree, near its roots.
Question is, how can this issue be resolved botanically,
The tree and the parasite seemed to have a significant problem,
an ant colony appeared to be at the site investigating.
Also anyway my apologies if this is in the wrong forum, just seemed like an urgent issue

scotpens · Oct 6, 2021

You might try a Google image search for "tree fungus" and see if anything looks similar to what you saw.

"Encephalopathy" refers to damage or disease that affects the brain. AFAIK, plants don't have brains.

XCV330 · Oct 6, 2021

krsplat said:
- I saw a tree .. just seemed like an urgent issue

NCC-73515 · Oct 6, 2021

The Haunted Toilet said:
AFAIK, plants don't have brains.

Do phylosians have brains? XD

Asbo Zaprudder · Oct 6, 2021

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Information Page | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (nih.gov) -- as others have said, trees don't have brains.

Identify a tree pest or disease: overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) -- you need to identify the species of tree. As you are in the USA, the species of tree you spotted might not be listed.

StarCruiser · Oct 8, 2021

Am I the only one wondering if we have another Dryson? Or...is this just Dryson in another form?

'Q' · Oct 8, 2021

If you want to keep the tree, spray it with a copper sulfate solution.
If you want to keep the fungus, spray the tree with glyphosate.
If you want to keep neither, spray with petrol and light it up.

'Q' · Oct 8, 2021

StarCruiser said:
Am I the only one wondering if we have another Dryson? Or...is this just Dryson in another form?

Sometimes this stuff makes it worthwhile visiting TrekBBS.

Asbo Zaprudder · Oct 8, 2021

StarCruiser said:
Am I the only one wondering if we have another Dryson? Or...is this just Dryson in another form?

If one person can pull off two such different forms of performance art, I'm impressed. More worrying is the quantity of such art, however. It does sometimes feel like sand in the Vaseline and I don't mean the Talking Heads compilation album, the book by Martin Kippenberger or the pop-art painting by Edward Ruscha.

...and he's gone...

BillJ · Oct 8, 2021

Damn, I thought this was about SpongeBob.

StarCruiser · Oct 9, 2021

Yep - got banned. No point in asking why or whether it's 'perma-banned' or not...

publiusr · Oct 9, 2021

XCV330 · Oct 9, 2021

Dr. Kravaal said:
Nature can come up with some odd ones...like the Eltanin "antenna"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltanin_Antenna

that is awesome. never heard of it before. Also the idea of a carnivorous sponge..my brain hurts

diankra · Oct 9, 2021

"Aldridge never did a lot for me. But thanks to Bovine Spongiform Encelopathy, he's in the hospital holding his head. Married to an Archer he'd be better off dead."
John Walters' Archers rap, back in 89.

Asbo Zaprudder · Oct 10, 2021

diankra said:
"Aldridge never did a lot for me. But thanks to Bovine Spongiform Encelopathy, he's in the hospital holding his head. Married to an Archer he'd be better off dead."
John Walters' Archers rap, back in 89.

Walters was somewhat influenced by Teenage Lobotomy by The Ramones, I suspect.

DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I'll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I'm a teenage lobotomy

diankra · Oct 10, 2021

Seeing as he was a DJ who championed stuff he liked, I'd imagine so.
At the uni TV station, we had to give up when the Ramones were doing a gig downstairs. It wasn't just the noise (lapel mikes and a good sound desk can get round that), the lights would dip as their amps ate the electricity...

diankra · Oct 10, 2021

The way it worked was that Nexus was in 130-132. 133 was the dressing room for the bands performing in the LCR. Best one ever was, after interviewing Maire of Clannad before their gig, they walked into the gallery (131) when we we editing afterwards, and helped with the edit. Think they even did some dubbing!

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