Fungus Ident Help Please

[Treespasser]

Hello all,

 

Was walking home today and found this on the floor, not sure what species of tree it is off of.

 

I'm relatively new to fungi, so any help would be appreciated. I thought it might be Daedalia quercina due to the maze like gills.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Cheers!

Treespasser

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

daedaleopsis confrogosa, the blushing bracket

 

loves willow, sorbus and cherry but lots of other broadleafs too, mostly sorbus and willow though.

[Treespasser]

daedaleopsis confrogosa, the blushing bracket

 

loves willow, sorbus and cherry but lots of other broadleafs too, mostly sorbus and willow though.

 

Thank you very much Hama!

 

How can you tell it is Daedaleopsis and not Daedalea?

Is it because the pores face away from the wood?

 

Thanks again!

Treespasser

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thank you very much Hama!

 

How can you tell it is Daedaleopsis and not Daedalea?

Is it because the pores face away from the wood?

 

Thanks again!

Treespasser

 

the daedalea quercina which is what you thought it was is a far more robust fungi in which the gills are more aligned and larger also.

 

see image 1)

and image 2) the more delicate and refined less robust daedaleopsis confrogosa

 

 

[Treespasser]

the daedalea quercina which is what you thought it was is a far more robust fungi in which the gills are more aligned and larger also.

 

see image 1)

and image 2) the more delicate and refined less robust daedaleopsis confrogosa

 

Ahh I shall remember that! Thank you very much for the info, much appreciated.

 

Treespasser

[Fungus]

How can you tell it is Daedaleopsis and not Daedalea?

 

Besides, I've never seen Daedalea fruit from a branch, it always grows on standing or laying trunks or stumps of oak, in the heartwood of which it causes a dry brown rot, while Daedaleopsis causes a white rot of the heartwood and I've never seen it fruit on oak.

Edited February 5, 2012 by Fungus