Anyone know what it is?

[Mr. Bish]

Sorry I didn't get time to climb up and get a better picture. I will if necessary.

 

Sitting on it's own about 20 feet up. All I told my customer is that I thaught it was not one of the more harmfull ones but I'd see what I could find out. Any idea would be apprecaiated.

[DriveLink]

Can you give us a bit more information - host species, height of fungal bracket, size of bracket, any notable features (oozing guck perhaps?) and so on.

[Mr Ed]

From the colour and size, my first guess would be Leatiporus sulphureaus.

[benedmonds]

Laetiporus sulphureus. The Chicken of the Woods IMO.

[David oakman]

Laetiporus sulphureus my wife was in a london market and she said chicken of the woods was fetching a very good price. very tasty for breakfast fried in butter:ohmy:

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Hi Mr Bish,

 

Its growing on a Castanea sativa isn't it? My guess would be the same as Mr Ed's, very early stages of chicken of the woods, and if its the case you might have tell your client that after all its quite harmfull if left unchecked doing its thing. Not quite sure how fast this fungii decays sweet chestnut.

 

Check it out when its a little more mature, cause the Chicken of the woods I've see around here at these early stages have been a good month ago...

 

Let us know what it is!

 

Tiago

[Mr. Bish]

Thanks Jack arb.. It is about 6 inch across and yes it is living about 20feet up a very large and healthy sweet chestnut.

 

When you say they can become harmfull if left unchecked.... How should I remove or treat it?

 

You can probably tell that I am not much of a fungi expert. I han spot liberty caps, harvester and flyagaric from about quarter of a mile! Thats where my knowledge ends.

[Mr. Bish]

I have now looked at loads of pictures of chicken of the woods and will climb up and take it off. I think you are right.

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Thanks Jack arb.. It is about 6 inch across and yes it is living about 20feet up a very large and healthy sweet chestnut.

 

When you say they can become harmfull if left unchecked.... How should I remove or treat it?

 

You can probably tell that I am not much of a fungi expert. I han spot liberty caps, harvester and flyagaric from about quarter of a mile! Thats where my knowledge ends.

 

Hi Mr Bish,

 

What I mean by it can become harmfull if left unchecked, is that theres nothing one can do to treat it, but between now and the time the fungii as completly damaged the structural integrety of the tree, theres quite a lot of time. And theres things that one can do to prolong the time that the tree is no longer safe to be left standing. Depending where the tree is standing and what are the targets around it, this will play a big part on how soon the tree will be removed. By the looks of the tree its very healthy at the moment so i think theres no imediate need to do anything. I'm not an expert either on fungii but I think chicken of the woods is not particular fast decayer, (could be wrong). But surelly there is a few good years before it goes, in the mean time I think its important to dertemine how extensive is the decay on the trunk. Being a big tree a crown reduction or even a pollard might be apropriate to reduce sail affect, and sweet chestnut cope quite well with heavy prunning. And regular inspections to see what symptoms the tree shows and how solid the stem sounds could give you a good idea to when the tree is no longer safe to be left standing.

 

Thats my opinion but do some more research on the subject, im not a fungii expert. But from work I do know that chicken of the woods is a potential stem decayer that can make a tree fail!

 

Keep it posted.

 

Jack

[Drella]

My guess is it's a dikfur.