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Beech decay ident


James Atkinson
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Hi all, I can't admit to being that great at fungi Id, it has disappeared in my head from years of contract climbing 😒😒 I got called out to look at this beech tree today, and around 30ft up there were two large white fungi (pictured) the tree lost a large limb around a year ago. What do you guys think it is exactly?

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Gut feeling was Polyporus squamosus. Lower one almost certainly is - stalked and a developing fan-shaped sporophore. Growth on the upper one seems too uneven to be Rigidoporus - perhaps P. squamosus or Ganoderma (probably australe). Could even be Laetiporus sulphureus.

 

 

I also felt the top one was ganoderma, it was the bottom one that stumped me. The tree isn't looking to great. It is a monster around 90ft didn't have my gear with me to get up there to have a look at the time. I do feel like the tree needs to go. Age, fungi and dropping large limbs in the past. A Shane though

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