Can anyone id this fungi please

[Al Cormack]

Go easy on me this is my first post:001_smile:

 

Saw this on a Beech tree and have not been able to identify it.

Anyone know what it is?

 

Rgds....Al.

[David Humphries]

It's possible that it's an aged Auricularia mesenterica - Tripe fungus.

Not definately though.

It's quite desicated.

 

I've seen it on dysfunctional stubs on Beech before.

Your shot would suggest it's a saprophyte.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Al Cormack]

Thanks for your reply, had not thought of it as being 'old'.

 

Rgds....Al.

[combined tree services]

i have sen this recently on a beech , when young its a pinky purple colour but not sure what it is tho

[gmanntpo]

Hi Guys

 

I consider that it could be Chondostereum purpureum (Silve Leaf) with aged blackened fruit bodies. If its a pinky colour when young then that is a good bet!!

 

The position (near the base of a Beech) and speading tiers of fruit bodies are also an indication...

 

What condition is the tree in?

[gmanntpo]

...and I ment to add don't discount Bjerkandera adusta... Again position and species are indicators..

[Al Cormack]

Hi Guys

 

I consider that it could be Chondostereum purpureum (Silve Leaf) with aged blackened fruit bodies. If its a pinky colour when young then that is a good bet!!

 

The position (near the base of a Beech) and speading tiers of fruit bodies are also an indication...

 

What condition is the tree in?

 

Sorry for the delay in replying, decided to go on hols as work was so quiet:sad:

 

The tree looks perfectly healthy with a huge fully leafed crown. The wound in the photo is almost at ground level and about 3 feet high.

I reckon it was either some machinery damage, or bonfire scorch from years ago.

 

Rgds...Al.

[combined tree services]

i have seen the same fungi on an old poor pruning cut roughly 12-15 foot up ! the tree appears to be in good condition at face value but when i climbed the tree i found several deep pockets of decay within the lower crown where the main scaffolds of the tree form , one of the pockets of decay extends down into the scaffold union by roughly 18 inches , so i feel a 20% reduction is in order , what are your thoughts ??

[Paul Barton]

Sounds sensible enough if you want to reduce the lever-arm loads lower down the tree. Impossible to comment on whether it is right for that tree without photos though - can you get any?

[combined tree services]

Sounds sensible enough if you want to reduce the lever-arm loads lower down the tree. Impossible to comment on whether it is right for that tree without photos though - can you get any?

 

i will get some from the ground and try to mark the areas of decay , thanks for responding mister tee:001_smile: