Fungi on oak

[Kveldssanger]

Long day, and I got home thinking this was chicken but looking again at the photos I'm slightly unsure. Potential for Cerioporus squamosus (Polyporus squamosus), given the darkened perimeters drooping down over from the upper surface. No stalked nature, and tiered like Laetiporus sulphureus, but fancy a second opinion on this one please. Dryad saddle can also tier similarly, and also wave at the margins at times. Bit late for both species, but chicken has had a 'second go' this year, with some fresh stuff out on sweet chestnut after the rain at the weekend. 95% sure Laeti but just want to run it by other eyes.

 

Link (so you can zoom in on images): Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet

[David Humphries]

Can see why the doubt. Bit of a shame you couldn't get a top shot to rule out the saddle via the presence of squamules.............You need a drone

 

 

squamosus doesn't quite do it for me, and a bit of an odd form for Laetiporus, though I have seen similar turn out to chicken after a climb.

 

 

Not conclusive either way I'm afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Quite relieved I am not losing the plot! Being on the line to BT OpenReach for 45 minutes just to report a fallen branch on a phone wire is soul-destroying, and plus horrific traffic I took one look at these photos and had flash backs to my days of misidentifying chicken. Hahah.

 

It's a private tree unfortunately, and noticed it only as there was a PINS inspections close by. Afar it certainly looked yellow enough to be laeti, and at no time did I think it to be drayd saddle, until looking at the photos on my laptop and zooming in. I shall take my new camera to it tomorrow and get some zoomed images, hopefully helping clarify!

[Alinicoll]

I'm just going by tiered brackets and shape but perhaps Inonotus cuticularis?

[David Humphries]

I'm just going by tiered brackets and shape but perhaps Inonotus cuticularis?

 

 

Don't think it would be, as the clustered bracket is usually, almost exclusively, associated with beech (handful of odd host associations on FRDBI) plus these look to large and light in colour.

 

See where you're going with the tiers though.

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Yeah the light-coloured nature probably means it wouldn't be, in this case.

 

I shall update this thread tomorrow with better photos.

[Kveldssanger]

Chicken 100%. Cannot discern the large pores of Cerioporus squamosus and the morphology is distinctly chicken-esque.

 

Nice shots here: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet

[daltontrees]

You need a drone

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Or a very long selfie stick...

[David Humphries]

Or a very long selfie stick...

 

Ha, we were discussing this very thing at work when Chris posted the first images.

 

Telescopic camera poles have been used to look for OPM and Massaria in Holland I believe.

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

A long selfie stick, indeed. Would be awesome.