string and ray rot

[treeseer]

pretty sure this is Bondarzewia berkeleyii, on quercus alba and rotting the butt at too fast a pace.

 

done 9% reductions 1 and 3 years ago; gonna be more off if buttress decays.

 

this one is not in the UK is it?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Great post!

 

no this is not here never heard of it, and im fascinated!

 

looks like a cross between Meripilus and Grifola

[David Humphries]

pretty sure this is Bondarzewia berkeleyii, on quercus alba and rotting the butt at too fast a pace.

 

done 9% reductions 1 and 3 years ago; gonna be more off if buttress decays.

 

this one is not in the UK is it?

 

 

 

Hello Treeseer.

 

Question if I may.

 

Are you from the eastern seaboard?

 

I get the impression that the distribution of Bondarzewia berkeleyii is specifically from that region.

 

Do you know if it's relatively uncommon?

 

I note that it's not listed in Chris Luleys' Wood decay Fungi - Common to Urban Living Trees in the Northeast & Central US.

 

 

Thanks for posting, very interesting Fungi

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

Yes i am in the SE US, North Carolina.

 

yes it is quite rare; only 2 others report seeing it that I know. One shroom 2 years ago weighed in at 19 pounds--8.5 kg?

 

Very distinctive sweet odor of the stringy rot. Those pics showed feeding by omnivore; probably raccoon. It's fruiting this year; will try for fresh pics tomorrow. Tree was tomographed this January; will repeat next Jan.

[Graham]

At 19lbs that's one heavyweight!

[Fungus]

this is Bondarzewia berkeleyii, on quercus alba and rotting the butt at too fast a pace. this one is not in the UK is it?

 

Not just in the U.K., but not even in Europe, from which only the very rare B. montana (see photo from the biosphere reserve of Zwieseler Waldhaus, Bavaria, Germany), a (root) parasite of 600-800 years old Abies species, is known.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Makes you wonder doesnt it, with many of these fungi only being found on true ancient trees within very old growth areas with little disturbance or rather little modification of soil/habitats. What damage we do by being so short term in our thinkings and ways.