Could you tell me what this is please

[hazzygawa]

I was thinning out a horse chestnut and found this up the trunk. The bark had died off badly.

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

pleurotus ostreatus

[David Humphries]

Pleurotus osteatus - The Oyster

 

 

Did you try using the Fungi directory?

 

 

 

edit: oh what a shock !...................got to get up early to beat the hama

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Pleurotus osteatus - The Oyster

 

 

Did you try using the Fungi directory?

 

 

 

edit: oh what a shock !...................got to get up early to beat the hama

 

 

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Just checking the latest news with me coffee David!

 

You know what i always say "if you aint fast your last!":lol:

[David Humphries]

Just checking the latest news with me coffee David!

 

You know what i always say "if you aint fast your last!":lol:

 

 

 

Was too busy banging off e-mails to the Tree register about a 'very special local project',

to be on the ball with every Myco enquiry !

 

 

 

Never enough hats !

 

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[corylus]

pleurotus ostreatus

 

Isnt it P. cornucopiae (branched oyster)

 

If not please educate me as I may have been getting this one wrong. (Still edible tho:biggrin:)

[hazzygawa]

I was working on the horse chestnut and found this growing on some of the larger limbs and the bark had died off quite badly. Which made me worry as this is a large tree next to houses. It has had a fairly large limb split off in the past. It would be a shame to take it down. Other limbs have large cracks in the running all the way up them, it just isn't in the best of health. Will try and get some other photos

[Guest Infinitree]

Isnt it P. cornucopiae (branched oyster)

 

If not please educate me as I may have been getting this one wrong. (Still edible tho:biggrin:)

 

I think the gills on cornucopiae sort of criss cross and on the ostreatus the run parrallel

[hazzygawa]

Pleurotus osteatus - The Oyster

 

 

Did you try using the Fungi directory?

 

 

 

edit: oh what a shock !...................got to get up early to beat the hama

 

 

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I was looking in diag of I'll health in trees. Thanks for your quick response guys

[corylus]

I think the gills on cornucopiae sort of criss cross and on the ostreatus the run parrallel

 

Not sure exactly what you mean but the gills are similar on both. The only difference I can see in 'Mushrooms by Roger Phillips' is that cornucopiae tends to be more funnel shaped. Colour runs from grey to brown on ostreatus so that doesnt help.

BTW couldnt find cornucopiae in fungus directory.