Fomes?

[sloth]

Is this Fomes fomentarius?

Found on a mostly dead and very decayed old ash stem, mostly being devoured by Gano (applanatum most likely) in Essex.

It was pure white on the outside, bruising brownish almost instantly with pressure - see two finger prints on the upper surface of the bracket.

It was quite tough to slice, and very dark brown under the very thin white outer. Small pores, and tube layer just a few millimetres long.

Most interesting feature was the ability to stretch the slice from an inch, to about 5! And even then it wasn't floppy, you could hold one end and 'point' with it.

 

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[David Humphries]

I don't imagine they're Fomes Kevin, I see where you're coming from but I think the flesh is too dark and not that fibrous/rusty texture/colour you'd expect from Fomes.

 

Probably more Ganoderma.

 

Only once seen Fomes on ash myself, and that was in France this summer.

 

 

 

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[sloth]

Thanks for your thoughts David. I know the colour and shape isn't like any of the hoof images seen in text books, I thought perhaps that only comes with age. It was the stretching that threw me, I've never seen fomes in the flesh, but know it can be beaten flat to make hats etc, and thought it may be like this. I've never had a gano slice stretch like this before, very odd, they normally break or are just too tough.

What gano would you suspect? I've never seen them so uniformly white before...

 

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[David Humphries]

I suspect the white will change to brown fairly quickly.

 

Likely to be of the same species as the other Gano's on the tree.

Any shots of those?

 

I would 'guess' at lipsiense/applanatum

 

 

 

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[sloth]

No shots of the others im afraid, and not likely to back there anytime soon, will be in a year though. I'll be sure to have another look. It didn't seem the same as the other ganos which had a rather thinner profile.

I've never seen ganos white across the whole top before, a fat margin definitely, but this was extreme. The thing really getting me is stretch, is that really just a feature of ganos I've missed for years?!

The tree is at Hanningfield reservoir down the path to the east of the cafe on the water, (just over a little wooden bridge, on the right, can't miss it) - if anyone happens to pass in the future I'd love to see how it's developed

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

im with david, defo a gano

[sloth]

Well that's two fungal fanatics voting Gano. Have either of you noted the extreme stretching on any species before?

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well that's two fungal fanatics voting Gano. Have either of you noted the extreme stretching on any species before?

 

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No I havent, but then I generaly see a gano and move on! my tinkering is long over these days!

 

and personaly I would hazard at australe rather than applanatum/lipsiense on this one, not that its really viable to guess at photos on these two

[David Humphries]

Yes, I believe I have.

In early perennial fruit body formation where there is high level of hydration the flesh (context) can be fairly 'spongy' in some species before it dries and becomes fibrous

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Yes, I believe I have.

In early perennial fruit body formation where there is high level of hydration the flesh (context) can be fairly 'spongy' in some species before it dries and becomes fibrous

 

 

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nerd!