Fungi ID

[Andy Craig]

Hi everyone 

I found this on a large beech yesterday, I think it looks like kretzschmaria and it was quite brittle/crumbly. I always thought it only grew around the base though and this is about 10 feet up the stem. There was also a small growth around the roots when I first went to see the tree in late summer. I thought it was maybe the start of a meripulus emerging. 

Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions? Its a big tree and right next to the house so would like to get it right.

 

Thanks

 

Andy

[daltontrees]

That looks like Kretzschmaria, but I wouldn't condemn a tree based on a fuzzy picture or an isolated fruiting. I've seen K up at about 4 metres on Norway Maple but rarely high up on Beech.

The second one looks superficially like Meripilus, but M doesn't have gills, it has pores.