Fagus sylvatica humans if eaten in large quantities due to the tannins and alkaloids they contain, the nuts were nonetheless pressed to obtain an oil in 19th century England that was used for cooking and in lamps. They were also ground to make flour, which could be eaten after the tannins were leached out by soaking. "Biscogniauxia nummularia" (beech tarcrust) is an ascomycete primary pathogen of beech trees, causing strip-canker and wood rot. It can be found at all times of year and is not edible. Fagus sylvatica Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to
The Old Tree in 1900 in the Pavilion de l'Alma and the "La Plume" salon - in "La Revue Blanche", Felicien Fagus wrote: The Old Tree The Old Tree is a plaster sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, originally conceived as part of his "The Gates of Hell" project. He produced it in 1885, only a year after the formation of the Salon des Independents. It measures 39.3x38.4x27 cm and shows a nude young woman clinging to an old man holding his arms out like a tree, contrasting several opposites - male and female, youth and age, softness and roughness. The work