An afforested surface
W := <
P, (
Tn)
n∈N, (σ
n)
n∈N>,
N being the set of positive integers, is an open Riemann surface consisting of three ingredients: a hyperbolic Riemann surface
P called a plantation, a sequence (
Tn)
n∈N of hyperbolic Riemann surfaces
Tn each of which is called a tree, and a sequence (σ
n)
n∈N of slits σ
n called the roots of
Tn contained commonly in
P and
Tn which are mutually disjoint and not accumulating in
P. Then the surface
W is formed by foresting trees
Tn on the plantation
P at the roots for all
n ∈
N, or more precisely, by pasting surfaces
Tn to
P crosswise along slits σ
n for all
n ∈
N. Let ${¥mathcal O}_s$ be the family of hyperbolic Riemann surfaces on which there are no nonzero singular harmonic functions. One might feel that any afforested surface
W := <
P, (
Tn)
n∈N, (σ
n)
n∈N> belongs to the family ${¥mathcal O}_s$ as far as its plantation
P and all its trees
Tn belong to ${¥mathcal O}_s$. The aim of this paper is, contrary to this feeling, to maintain that this is not the case.
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