behold... the epic fungi thread!

[BenR]

Thanks Monkey. Now that you mention it I can see the similarity ha. Cool stuff though! Some of the fungi in this thread are amazing!

[chris cnc]

bender, here's some old ganoderma for comparison.

 

colour can vary from grey to brown, the brown colour often being caused by spore deposits.

 

thanks for the comments

[mdvaden]

How about a guess at the base of this Giant Sequoia. I don't think its mycorrhizal. Probably decay related. There were several other rows of mushrooms among the row of trees that appeared mycorrhizal, extending radially where roots would extend. The climate is right too. But this cluster looks different. Its the only trunk with a base that looks like this.

Edited June 23, 2010 by mdvaden

[chris cnc]

hmm, doesnt look mycorrhizal to me... but as for the id, im not sure?

 

any other clues? signs/symptoms in the tree?

[mdvaden]

hmm, doesnt look mycorrhizal to me... but as for the id, im not sure?

 

any other clues? signs/symptoms in the tree?

 

The foliage is less dense than most of the other trees in the rows, and its also one of the shorter ones.

 

That one looks like the only trunk where the base not not broadly widen where the base meets the ground, especially on the side of the mushrooms.

 

There is also a sprinkler sticking out of the ground about to the left that is not in the image. A small popup like a Toro that's on a tiny riser instead of the sprinkler body in the ground. Not sure what it would water. It looks a bit small to reach much of the grass outside the mulch ring.

 

The mulch rings are the Giant sequoia needles for each tree, about 6" thick in the outer ring.

Edited June 24, 2010 by mdvaden

[chris cnc]

Polyporus squamosus (for a change )

Edited July 23, 2010 by chris cnc

[chris cnc]

Polyporus sqyamosus, some Ganoderma applanatum, Xylaria polymorpha...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The foliage is less dense than most of the other trees in the rows, and its also one of the shorter ones.

 

That one looks like the only trunk where the base not not broadly widen where the base meets the ground, especially on the side of the mushrooms.

 

There is also a sprinkler sticking out of the ground about to the left that is not in the image. A small popup like a Toro that's on a tiny riser instead of the sprinkler body in the ground. Not sure what it would water. It looks a bit small to reach much of the grass outside the mulch ring.

 

The mulch rings are the Giant sequoia needles for each tree, about 6" thick in the outer ring.

 

looking at that body language lower stem i would say its a decay fungi, but that constricted look could aslo be via a girdling root. looks suspect to me iether way/

[chris cnc]

Pleurotus ostreatus i believe...

 

These are everywhere in my local wood

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42541&stc=1&d=1279916044

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42542&stc=1&d=1279916044

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42543&stc=1&d=1279916044

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42544&stc=1&d=1279916044

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42545&stc=1&d=1279916044

Edited July 23, 2010 by chris cnc

[chris cnc]

try again...

Edited July 23, 2010 by chris cnc