Brackets on Alder

[Dorset Treeman]

Can anyone help me ID these brackets please?

 

Thanks in advance

 

[David Humphries]

looks like Ganoderma species to me. Did you take a wedge out to look at the flesh and tubes?

[Dorset Treeman]

Unfortunately not but I will when I’m next there

[AJStrees]

Mr Humphries got there first. 

 

I was going to say Ganoderma species or Fomes, but looks more like Ganorderma as he says. 

 

What is the future of this tree?

[Dorset Treeman]

It is being removed. It leans over an area where village fetes are held. Owner made the decision to remove it, I wasn’t involved in the decision making process.

[David Humphries]

47 minutes ago, Dorset Treeman said:

It is being removed. It leans over an area where village fetes are held. Owner made the decision to remove it, I wasn’t involved in the decision making process.

If you get the chance can you post up an image of the cross section please, always interested in decay images of Ganoderma species on unusual hosts.

[Dorset Treeman]

Will do

[Dorset Treeman]

Hopefully these help confirm ID?

[Dorset Treeman]

Here are some cross sectional photos the guys took during the dismantle.

[David Humphries]

3 hours ago, Dorset Treeman said:

Hopefully these help confirm ID?

Ganoderma spp

 

i would lean toward G. australe looking at the level of decay. 

But I would rule out G. applanatum.

 

mycroscopy needed to check spore size between the two species.