Any ideas what this fungi is?

[Matthew Arnold]

A few years ago we felled a large mature Ash that was riddled with Perenniporia fraxinea and Dryad Saddle. Soon after that tree was felled we noticed a small hawthorn that was looking very sick in comparison to the rest of the small trees around that area. We notcied there was a strange carpet type fungi that covered most of the tree. The woodpeckers and tree creepers were loving it as the wood was just like butter. We have decided to leave it to fall and die naturally as there is no official footpaths within its falling radius. I have attached picture and hopefully someone can give me an idea of what it is. As all of my colleagues (one of which has an ND in Arboriculture) are completely stumped as its not in any of our ID books.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Its a phelinus, probaly ferreus, though it could be P ferruginosus, would opt for the former if pushed to ident on a photo.

[Matthew Arnold]

Its a phelinus, probaly ferreus, though it could be P ferruginosus, would opt for the former if pushed to ident on a photo.

 

Cheers Hamadryad. We were all stumps as to what it is but now we will be leaving the tree well alone to die naturally. It is so soft it isnt even usable as fire wood!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Cheers Hamadryad. We were all stumps as to what it is but now we will be leaving the tree well alone to die naturally. It is so soft it isnt even usable as fire wood!!

 

P. ferreus causes an intense white rot so Im not at all suprised by the state of the wood!

[Matthew Arnold]

It was a tri stem but two of the stems were pulled over when the felled the Ash so they went for firewood.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Do you not do any deadwood habitats on site?

 

does it all go to fire wood?

[Matthew Arnold]

Weve got loads of deadwood habitats on site. We have atleast 30 monoliths (both natural and man cut) on that site alone and several other sites have monoliths and deadwood habitats of various forms. The majority of deadwood is left to rot and fall naturally unless it is especially tall and withing fallin distance of a "major" target (House, electric/phone lines, roads, car park, footpaths, etc,etc). If Health and Safety wasn't involved we would leave any defective tree and see what happens. But we have to react appropriately to any defective tree.

[Matthew Arnold]

On the subject of strange fungi that i havent been able to ID. Any idea what these are? The first three pictures are taken from a roadside Oak. It has an infestation of Honey Fungus on the other side as well. The two last photos are taken of a wierd looking fungi growing on a Hazel stub that was cut about 3 years ago.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Resinaceum? dunno

 

as for the litle white furry thing!

 

NEVER ever seen a pubescent bracket like that! get it of to kew if only as a photgraph!

 

thats beyond my meager abilities!

[Matthew Arnold]

Ive seen the Resinaceum before on an Oak but cant remember the name of it. But the white fluffy thing may be a new species for us?! I shall send the image off to kew to see if they can identify it for us.