Any ideas

[Jay]

My Fungi knowledge is limited and not really sure what this is, can anyone help. It looks almost like Daldinea concentrica to me. Its on a Sycamore which is showing signs of decay around the base of the tree close to these fruiting bodies. Many thanks for your help.

 

Jay

[Samuel]

try the fungi directory next to FAQs near the forum link above:thumbup:

[Jay]

I did take a look but couldnt see it there. cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

to be honest its a very poor sample, it looks like a failed fruit of ganoderma applanatum, it certainly isn concentrica. For future reference daldinia concentrica is easily identified as it is up to the size of a golf ball, usualy jet balck though on beech and chestnut it is often a pale brownish (there are around 7 variations/species of daldinias)

 

but most readily identified feature is on cutting into the fruit body which will be hard and crusty like charcoal (hence common name alfreds burnt buns) you will see concentric rings like in a tree, which is how it came to its latin name "concentrica"

[Jay]

thanks for your help hamadryad much appreciated.

 

Cheers Jay

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thanks for your help hamadryad much appreciated.

 

Cheers Jay

 

No worries jay, its what im here for:thumbup: