Big tree, big bracket.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I found this on a 110ft leaning White Poplar. It leans towards a target and the bracket is under the lean. I also found lots of small Ganos all over the place and Daldinia Concentrica dotted around.

 

I'm getting excited about finds like this now, I used to give a cursory glance. Maybe I'm learning something......

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

NOT daldinias, panic fruit bodies as there is no wood left and the mycelium needs to leave and find a new host! G lipsiense i reckon, the get massive on polars

[Fungus]

NOT daldinias, panic fruit bodies as there is no wood left and the mycelium needs to leave and find a new host! G lipsiense i reckon, the get massive on poplars

 

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Not Daldinias? I was sure but thanks for the correction.

So are you saying it's Ganoderma brackets? Why are they black then?

If its G lipsiense, what does generally mean for Poplar?

[Fungus]

1. So are you saying it's Ganoderma brackets? Why are they black then?

2. If its G lipsiense, what does generally mean for Poplar?

 

1. Because they are sterile panic fruitings, that died directly after they were formed.

2. Very detrimental to the stability of the tree : high risk of wind throw.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Thanks Gerrit

1. Why are they sterile? Is it because the mycelium has already consumed all of the *?*? that's available? Or something like that.

 

2. That's what I thought about the stability issue.

[Fungus]

Why are they sterile? Is it because the mycelium has already consumed all of the *?*? that's available? Or something like that.

 

Correct : *?*? being the sugar polymere cellulose (= energy).

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Cool. Thanks Gerrit. That's what I thought, just didn't know the words.

 

It's a very nice bracket anyway. Shame only had my iPhone with me to take the photos with.