Dual Decay

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

David,

The same seems to be the case with Fomitopsis pinicola, which in The Netherlands first was found on spruce and then "jumped" to beech and birch, just as I ten years earlier found it in Luxemburg on the only fallen birch (photo) .

 

what a pretty shot, would love to see this fungi, contrasts so well on birch bark:001_cool:

[Fungus]

what a pretty shot, would love to see this fungi, contrasts so well on birch bark:001_cool:

 

Tony,

Is it not (yet) found and documented in the UK then ?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i know its in kent, but never have I found it myself, need to get into some old growth pines.

[Fungus]

i know its in kent, but never have I found it myself, need to get into some old growth pines.

 

Maybe it is more around then you think, because on beech (or birch) it is often mistaken for Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma pfeifferi or Phellinus igniarius. And if it is there, you must be aware of the intensive brown rot it causes.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Maybe it is more around then you think, because on beech (or birch) it is often mistaken for Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma pfeifferi or Phellinus igniarius. And if it is there, you must be aware of the intensive brown rot it causes.

 

Ive only ever seen piptoporus on birch down here, fomes on birch once on Hampstead heath.

 

Pfiefferi I know well enough and the red band on the fresh forming layers would give it away surely? its common name the red banded polypore?

[Fungus]

Pfeifferi I know well enough and the red band on the fresh forming layers would give it away surely? its common name the red banded polypore?

 

Tony,

No, this is not a reliable identification characteristic, young brackets of Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomes fomentaris and Ganoderma pfeifferi can deceptively look the same. With young brackets, only the "fire" test with a match combined with a test with caustic potash can help discrimenating between the three of them.

[Fungus]

No, this is not a reliable identification characteristic, young brackets of Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomes fomentaris, Phellinus igniarius and Ganoderma pfeifferi can deceptively look the same. With young brackets, only the "fire" test with a match combined with a test with caustic potash can help discrimenating between the three of them.

 

The fire test with the match has the following results :

- by close fire contact with the crust on top, nothing much happens with brackets of Fomes fomentarius and Phellinus igniarius,

- by close fire contact with the sub-surface yellow layer (showing after nail scratch) of the brackets of Ganoderma pfeifferi, sparkles come off, just like when you strike a match close to the surface of an at the same time bruised fresh orange peel,

- by close fire contact with the surface of brackets of Fomitopsis pinicola, the resins stored in the crust catch fire and slowly turn to blackening spots.

 

The effects of the caustic potash test can be found in the book by Schwartze, Engels & Mattheck under 3.3.1.3. Possibilities of Misidentification, page 61.

[David Humphries]

Oudemansiella & Pholiota on Beech.

 

Fortuitous fruiting, shame i didn't get a decent shot of it.

 

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[Fungus]

Oudemansiella & Pholiota on Beech. Fortuitous fruiting

 

How would you evaluate (separately) fortuitous fruiting of both species like this then ?

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[David Humphries]

How would you evaluate (separately) fortuitous fruiting of both species like this then ?

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Gerrit, I mean fortuitous as in being able to get a shot of both fruiting together in roughly the same condition on the same specific strata

 

Not an amazing occurance as both fruit at roughly the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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