Fungi id and info please

[redmoosefaction]

Hi All

 

Found this on a Robinia, can someone id it for me please, and will it fall down. The butt of the tree seems solid.

 

Cheers

[Graham]

Not the clearest pics but bracket looks like Ganoderma applanatum and not sure about 'rooms.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I wouldnt hold much hope for this tree, despite the root grown compenastion, that decay killer combo of Ganoderma Australe and what looks like Armillaria Sp spells no end of problems for the tree.

 

It looks like the ganoderma is fruiting out of an old scar, probaly fire or possibly an old limb tearing out and tsaking a strip of bark with it. There is also a lot of root damage, iether mowers or mammalian.

 

You cant make a judgment based on photos, theres no canopy present, but its pretty certain that this is a fell situation.

[redmoosefaction]

I wouldnt hold much hope for this tree, despite the root grown compenastion, that decay killer combo of Ganoderma Australe and what looks like Armillaria Sp spells no end of problems for the tree.

 

It looks like the ganoderma is fruiting out of an old scar, probaly fire or possibly an old limb tearing out and tsaking a strip of bark with it. There is also a lot of root damage, iether mowers or mammalian.

 

You cant make a judgment based on photos, theres no canopy present, but its pretty certain that this is a fell situation.

 

Thanks for this info H. Will get back to the client with this info.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I asume its a back garden job and not in a position it could be allowed to die with dignity? not that there is much dignity in being eaten alive! If its honey, mellea, it would be advisable to grind out as much stump and root as poss too, remove the food supply and base camp for the fungi to explore further.

[redmoosefaction]

I asume its a back garden job and not in a position it could be allowed to die with dignity? not that there is much dignity in being eaten alive! If its honey, mellea, it would be advisable to grind out as much stump and root as poss too, remove the food supply and base camp for the fungi to explore further.

 

Yeah they've had honey fungus in the area. it's a private square on the Kings Road in Chelsea, so not exactly private. Cheers again for the info