Desiccated fruitbodies

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I have held a sample of I. hispidus but never seen it in it's habitat. Is it rare in the west?

 

I have noted on my various travels to ancient woodlands out that way that as we go further north/ northwest we see a gradual reduction in colonisations by hispidus and an increase of polyporus squamosus in ash trees.

 

here in the south east hispidus is far more the likely inhabitant of ash and in kent its as good as a guaranteed pressence on any ash of an age.

 

hispidus is a warm loving species so not a surprise really when you consider its ecology:thumbup1:

[Tilia]

Not sure that they'll properly class as 'dessicated' but I found some old fruiting bodies on an oak branch that had fallen recently. They're fairly dried out though. Haven't a scooby what they are but then again I'm still learning about all these fungi. Can't figure out whether the bottom photo is fresher fruiting bodies of the same species, or different - it appeared more as a mould-type covering as opposed to the lumpy but more distinct conks above.

 

Sorry for the ex situ photos - I was being taken for a walk by the girlfriend's springer spaniel and it was getting dark, so had to take a few specimens back for better photos! They're quite porous on top and have a strong mushroom smell (not surprising!)

 

Any ideas please?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Not sure that they'll properly class as 'dessicated' but I found some old fruiting bodies on an oak branch that had fallen recently. They're fairly dried out though. Haven't a scooby what they are but then again I'm still learning about all these fungi. Can't figure out whether the bottom photo is fresher fruiting bodies of the same species, or different - it appeared more as a mould-type covering as opposed to the lumpy but more distinct conks above.

 

Sorry for the ex situ photos - I was being taken for a walk by the girlfriend's springer spaniel and it was getting dark, so had to take a few specimens back for better photos! They're quite porous on top and have a strong mushroom smell (not surprising!)

 

Any ideas please?

 

Trametes gibbosa I reckon

[Treecreeper1961]

Trametes gibbosa I reckon

 

How about Inonotus dryadeus for the bottom one?

 

Not on a branch though I guess.

Edited January 13, 2012 by Treecreeper1961

[Tilia]

The bottom one is a bit like cauliflower, but has the same porous texture as the first.

 

I'm guessing that now the branch has dropped that the fungus will eventually die off, seeing as the surrounding conditions have changed..?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

How about Inonotus dryadeus for the bottom one?

 

Not on a branch though I guess.

 

Definatley not I. dryadeus my good man!

 

The bottom one is a bit like cauliflower, but has the same porous texture as the first.

 

I'm guessing that now the branch has dropped that the fungus will eventually die off, seeing as the surrounding conditions have changed..?

 

trametes gibbosa is saprobic, and I might suggest the odd form is due to the axis having changed and hence the odd form. its basicaly now changing over to respond to the geotropic but not always true as this one proves. Ive not seen it doing this odd upward facing (geotropicly apposing) spore surface before, but ive seen it in Daedalea quercina so guess this might be some form of sterile or panic fruiting? dont know yet

 

[Treecreeper1961]

I have had a good week at work doing some 'Tree Safety' at a wood which has the finest collection of trees with basal decay I have ever seen, amazing really.

 

I just wish I had been there in October!

 

There are few desicated pieces left around but I can only imagine the gems that were there.

[Treecreeper1961]

A few desicated fruits I have found were not the best samples.

 

I know the first, fairly sure of the second but not of the third:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

A few desicated fruits I have found were not the best samples.

 

I know the first, fairly sure of the second but not of the third:

 

come on then tell us what they are or what you suspect, and what trees they came from too!

[Treecreeper1961]

Definatley not I. dryadeus my good man!

Worth a try, it was the pores that made me think.

 

 

trametes gibbosa is saprobic, and I might suggest the odd form is due to the axis having changed and hence the odd form. its basicaly now changing over to respond to the geotropic but not always true as this one proves. Ive not seen it doing this odd upward facing (geotropicly apposing) spore surface before, but ive seen it in Daedalea quercina so guess this might be some form of sterile or panic fruiting? dont know yet

 

Amazing how they know which way up they are, I have seen a log that has had brackets on one plane, it's been disturbed, position altered and next years brackets are the right way again, giving the appearance of them not knowing where they are but they have responded to a change in their situation.