Joseph LaForest's Images
Title: IPM and Forest Health SpecialistOrganization: University of Georgia
Unit: The Bugwood Network
Country: United States
Web: http://www.bugwood.org
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Joseph LaForest is the Integrated Pest Management and Forest Health Specialist for the Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia. Previously, he was the pest manager of Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan and worked to further develop their adult education programs. He is a Certified Arborist in the International Society of Arboriculture and has worked in various parts of the green industry for the last 12 years. His interests include promoting holistic plant health care through development of integrated pest management solutions, developing resources to be used in educating and assisting green industry workers, and teaching. His current duties include developing scouting guides and keys, classifying images, verifying taxonomy, and developing other educational resources. |
| 41 Images of 10 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5026014 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | emergence holes |
| 2187073 | Ganoderma root and butt rot | Ganoderma lucidum | closeup of pore surface |
| 5457915 | Hericium fungi | Hericium spp. | |
| 2187093 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | underside of older fruiting body |
| 2187100 | tinder fungus | Fomes fomentarius | multiple conks along decay column |
| 2187071 | Ganoderma root and butt rot | Ganoderma lucidum | |
| 5191060 | winged elm | Ulmus alata | |
| 5191058 | winged elm | Ulmus alata | |
| 5191059 | winged elm | Ulmus alata | |
| 5369243 | Chinese tallowtree | Triadica sebifera | |
| 5369242 | flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | |
| 5369241 | flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | |
| 2187078 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | showing underside of mushroom |
| 2187079 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | |
| 5026013 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | emergence hole |
| 5026015 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | in freshly made gallery |
| 5026016 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | freshly made gallery with Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi) visible around it |
| 5026017 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | fresh gallery |
| 2187072 | Ganoderma root and butt rot | Ganoderma lucidum | showing pore surface |
| 2188008 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | |
| 2187080 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | |
| 2187089 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | |
| 2187090 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | underside of conk |
| 2187091 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | pore surface |
| 2187092 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | old fruiting bodies |
| 2187094 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | conks are noticible from quite a distance; often multiple along the column of decay |
| 2187095 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | multiple fruiting bodies along column of decay |
| 2187096 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | newly formed pore surface |
| 2187097 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | newly formed pore surface |
| 2187098 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | multiple conks along column of decay |
| 2187099 | birch conk | Piptoporus betulinus | young conk just forming |
| 2187074 | Ganoderma root and butt rot | Ganoderma lucidum | top of conk |
| 2187075 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | |
| 2187076 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | at spore release |
| 2187077 | Gymnopilus fungi | Gymnopilus spp. | showing underside of mushroom |
| 2187038 | thick-walled maze polypore | Daedalea quercina | |
| 2187064 | tinder fungus | Fomes fomentarius | |
| 2187066 | tinder fungus | Fomes fomentarius | |
| 2187067 | tinder fungus | Fomes fomentarius | underside of conk showing pore surface |
| 2187068 | tinder fungus | Fomes fomentarius | underside of old fruiting body |
| 2187070 | Ganoderma root and butt rot | Ganoderma lucidum |
