Could my new fence give my garden Honey Fungus?

No I'm not talking about some feather edged panels here but this sort of barrier I built last week to block out the neighbours chain link fence.



I thought I would build it from sawn down bits of trees from the back of my garden (not my trees I'm sad to say). I think they had been laying around for a couple of months. I thought it would be a nice way to attract wildlife to the garden and give a few of them a nice place to stay over the winter.

Anyway, I finished building it and then find a post on a site saying that dead logs cause Honey Fungus and that all log piles should be kept away from plants. I really don't want to take my log pile down, but then again I don't want to kill my privet either! As I now have dead wood in my garden is it certain that Honey Fungus will be present? Should I just hope for the best or play it safe and take the whole lot down?

 

In my last garden I had a section that we never used, and I used to dump the leylandii cuttings down there. After one major cutting session, we ended up with loads of 4 inch+ thick logs down there that just sat there for a few years, gradually getting buried under newer trimmings. The main flower and herb bed was right next to it. I didn't see any problems.

 

Good skills Jane

 

As far as I'm aware the trees were healthy when they were cut down by one of my grumpy neighbours. I think some of them have been left there for over a year but they have been kept in the full sun for all of that time. There was no Honey Fungus on them at that time. Where they are now will be dark and damp however and I wonder if this will encourage the fungus.

Also do the anti fungus liquids effect plant and wildlife? I've planted a honeysuckle up it and was hoping it would be a safe place for wildlife too.