Saprophytic Bracket?

[Arob]

Saw this gilled bracket on a sycamore this morning, didn't recognise it, but based on a quick look i'm thinking it must be saprophytic.

Can anyone help with a positive ident?

[Mark T]

Polyporus squamosus - The Dryads Saddle. Would dispute the 'gills' reference, looks like its just a degraded fruit body

[Arob]

Both fb's appear to have gills, including the smaller one which appears to be emerging. Have seen degrading Ps but it's alsways looked spongy with pores, wouldn't it need to be very even degradation on the underside to give an appearance like that?

Plus the upperside isn't scaly.

[Mark T]

Hmm... everything else fits the bill - host species, located on an old pruning wound, upper surface appearance, single stalk, appearance at this time of year... It looks just like 2 examples I've got in my P&D box in the office.

 

But if you're sure thay are gills then I guess that rules out Polyporus... Interesting one!

[Arob]

Maybe I've got it wrong, or perhaps it's one of the hundreds/thousands still to be named?

[Bundle 2]

Pleurotus spp ?

[Arob]

Thanks for the replies chaps. I think you are probably either on, or near, the money Bundle 2, but thankfully it's not critical to ID it, more to expand my limited knowledge.

In case it's of any interest, I've taken a couple of pics of a dryads saddle that's been sat, upperside down, on the ground for a couple of months.

(The bracket is now becoming limp and the main source of degradation appears to be small burrowing insects with holes apparent on upper and under surfaces, perhaps these were caused by maggots, as there were small flies present.)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The gilled one is a form of crepidotus, hard to tell with the age of it, the other is Dryads saddle as suggested, polyporus squamosus.

 

Had the gilled one been a pluerotus variety I doubt it would have dried and lasted

[Bundle 2]

Mmmm....dont know alot about the crepidotus spp. I thought they were all qute small mushrooms (fb's) in that genus....?

Its all good. Check this out.

 

 

Crepidotus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

crepidotus - Google Search

 

cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

There is a large form of crepidotus, a white form.

 

As for links to images via the web, i dont even trust my txt books anymore!

 

believe me theres a lot left wanting in a good few images being punted around, its the photographers not the authors