Fungi ID

[greatnorthtrees]

Hi, I’m Looking for an ID on these.

 

both located on beech trees.

 

I'm was thinking Kretzschmaria, however I am unsure due to the texture being quite porous and  it is pretty tough not brittle. I have also found the same black lumps lying in the woodland away from any trees and not connected to anything. 
 

cheers 

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Anywhere near a road?

 

[Mick Dempsey]

4 hours ago, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi said:

Anywhere near a road?

 

Are you saying it’s tarmac?

  (Which would be great btw)

[greatnorthtrees]

6 hours ago, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi said:

Anywhere near a road?

 

A tarmac drive way yes but its too light for tarmac 

[daltontrees]

If it's not brittle it's not Kretz

[Mick Dempsey]

Piggy backing on this thread.

 

Found at the base of an evergreen oak, heavily (and repeatedly) pollarded, up close to a building.

ime these oaks are very resistant to pruning and will hold up to hollowing out by whatever.

So an ident on the fungi so i can make a décision on the tree, which won’t be a loss, would be great.

TIA.

[tree-fancier123]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Piggy backing on this thread.

 

Found at the base of an evergreen oak, heavily (and repeatedly) pollarded, up close to a building.

ime these oaks are very resistant to pruning and will hold up to hollowing out by whatever.

So an ident on the fungi so i can make a décision on the tree, which won’t be a loss, would be great.

TIA.

some ganoderma have spores like powdered chocolate

[Mick Dempsey]

10 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

some ganoderma have spores like powdered chocolate

It is very much like powdered chocolate yes.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Piggy backing on this thread.

 

Found at the base of an evergreen oak, heavily (and repeatedly) pollarded, up close to a building.

ime these oaks are very resistant to pruning and will hold up to hollowing out by whatever.

So an ident on the fungi so i can make a décision on the tree, which won’t be a loss, would be great.

TIA.

Ganoderma aplanatum I think. Some holm oaks I looked at for SWT had it and were still going after 10 years in a station car park, I'll have to call in and see how they are. They were reduced a bit just in case.

[tree-fancier123]

an old thread where David Humphries investigates gano on Holm Oak - he suspected applanatum, but wanted to rule out the potentially more damaging adspersum (10 y old thread and at the time microscopy was needed to differentiate the two species)