Fungi I’d

[Patrick goulding]

[Patrick goulding]

It’s growing on a oak 

[David Humphries]

Lovely Laetiporus example

[Bunzena]

Gorgeous colours.

 

However it does remind me of what happens when I slightly overdo it with the expanding foam...

[Mick Dempsey]

Is this the same? Found on a sweet chestnut stool.

[Paul in the woods]

Yes, just a bit older. From a foraging point of view the top Chicken of the woods would be far more tender than the bottom one which looks a bit past it.

[Patrick goulding]

On 20/08/2022 at 09:19, David Humphries said:

Lovely Laetiporus example

Is this a bad fungus is it killing the tree? Or has the tree got a problem and it’s feeding off of that. I found another tree the same day with the same fungus on that was also a oak tree thanks.

[David Humphries]

1 hour ago, Patrick goulding said:

Is this a bad fungus is it killing the tree? Or has the tree got a problem and it’s feeding off of that. I found another tree the same day with the same fungus on that was also a oak tree thanks.

This species of fungi is indicative of an area of dysfunctional wood volume. It will not have caused the dysfunction, but will create a brown rot which will take advantage of the available dehydrated wood. The dysfunction is likely caused by an environmental factor producing a suboptimal condition for the tree to thrive. 
If that situation continues then the outer living shell of functional wood will diminish and not provide enough structural wood to withstand load and force which may end with whole or part tree failure. 

Edited August 23, 2022 by David Humphries

[Patrick goulding]

Thank you very educational. 👍