Help ID this please

[jeffa999]

Found this on a Scots pine(I think) any idea what it is? Tree looks healthy....

[David Humphries]

Looks to be a desiccated Phaeolus schweinitzii 

[Ratman]

Looks to be a desiccated Phaeolus schweinitzii 

Take my hat off to you guys, i can’t even pronounce em.... let alone remember em! Its a fascinating subject and for years have always wondered why “mushrooms” grew around/on trees! [emoji23][emoji23]

[nepia]

Perhaps Dyer's Mazegill (the common name for this one) is easier to remember?! ?

[David Humphries]

8 minutes ago, nepia said:

Perhaps Dyer's Mazegill (the common name for this one) is easier to remember?! ?

Which is a little confusing as it’s technically a polypore and doesn’t have gills. Albeit the pores are elongated and mazelike.

[jeffa999]

Thanks for your help, how serious do you think this is, the tree is huge beside a very busy road and lots of houses around but it looks to be healthy...

[nepia]

Fungus spotlight: Phaeolus schweinitzii – Arboriculture

ARBORICULTURE.WORDPRESS.COM

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A little look into the brown rot fungus Phaeolus schweinitzii.

 

 

Perhaps a first step is to inform the owner of the tree; Local Authority or private?

 

In brief this fungus is bad news for the tree in the long run.

Edited September 5, 2019 by nepia