Desiccated fruitbodies

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

Apart from oaks, such as old Quercus robur and much younger Q. rubra (sometimes together with Grifola frondosa), I have also collected Ganoderma resinaceum from Fraxinus, Ulmus, Aesculus, Fagus, Platanus and Salix. Especially on Quercus rubra, Aesculus and Ulmus it can be dangerous because of the fast decomposition of the base of the tree and the transitions to the mayor roots, which makes the tree sensitive to sudden wind blasts.

Gerrit

 

ive read that inonotus dryadeus hosts on confiers (old spruces ) sometimes, have you ever witnessed this gerrit?

[Fungus]

ive read that inonotus dryadeus hosts on confiers (old spruces ) sometimes, have you ever witnessed this gerrit?

 

Tony,

No, I only know of reports on I. dryadeus growing on Abies (Yugoslavia, western North America) from Ryvarden & Gilbertson.

Gerrit

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

No, I only know of reports on I. dryadeus growing on Abies (Yugoslavia, western North America) from Ryvarden & Gilbertson.

Gerrit

 

abies it is then my mistake.

 

Back to topic with some aged phaeolus:thumbup1:

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Nicely brought back on track Tony

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

No, I only know of reports on I. dryadeus growing on Abies (Yugoslavia, western North America) from Ryvarden & Gilbertson.

And I can add to this, that I specifically looked for I. dryadeus on 600 years old Abies in the Bavarian Biosphere and National Reserve of Zwieseler Waldhaus (see my article in the latest edition of : Der Tintling - Die Pilzzeitung with photo's of extremely rare (f.i. Hericium flagellum) to unique macrofungi) and on the almost as old Abies in the Czech National Park Sumava and didn't find it.

Gerrit

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

And I can add to this, that I specifically looked for I. dryadeus on 600 years old Abies in the Bavarian Biosphere and National Reserve of Zwieseler Waldhaus (see my article in the latest edition of : Der Tintling - Die Pilzzeitung with photo's of extremely rare (f.i. Hericium flagellum) to unique macrofungi) and on the almost as old Abies in the Czech National Park Sumava and didn't find it.

Gerrit

 

its just nuts having you around Gerrit, that's just an awesome post, that hericium is a thing of such beauty, I had no idea it existed, very much appreciate your showing/sharing that:thumbup1:

[David Humphries]

Fresh & then desicated Inonotus on Sorbus.

 

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[Fungus]

Fresh & then desicated Inonotus on Sorbus.

 

David,

Good documentation of Inonotus hispidus on Sorbus. In The Netherlands, I. hispidus is quite often found on Sorbus intermedia, on which it sometimes fruits together with Daedaleopsis confragosa.

In the photo, the brownish coloured rot to the left is the soft rot caused by the mycelium of Inonotus and the cream to yellowish rot comes from D. confragosa, which is a white rotter. The photo also shows the demarcation lines between the territories of the mycelia of both species. To the bottom right of the center, by the "inbetween" colour, you can see how I. hispidus partially invaded the territory of D. confragosa, which means it has more aggressive self-produced fungicides at its disposal.

Edited May 6, 2011 by Fungus

[Sal]

These are on an Ash near to where we work (apologies that a couple are the wrong way round). I've been trying to identify it using the directory/books etc but I don't know what it is

I would be really interested to know what it is and whether the shape of the base is a result. Cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I reckon youve got a wierd formation of rigidiporus populinus, not seen it on oak before.

 

hang on a mo, thats probably its doppelganger, perenniporia fraxinea