ANOTHER Fungi on Yew

[Baxter]

Came across this one today, i was thinking it was Ganoderma resinaceum ?

[Graham]

Possibly G. invisibillii

[Baxter]

HAHA! Whoops! ill try that one again.

 

Or G. lucidum?

Edited August 5, 2011 by Baxter

[Fungus]

G. resinaceum or G. lucidum?

 

No, neither of both Ganoderma's, it probably is Heterobasidion annosum.

[David Humphries]

I think it's possibly Ganoderma carnosum, especially as it's on Taxus

 

 

Where abouts is it Baxter ?

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

I think it's possibly Ganoderma carnosum, especially as it's on Taxus

 

You could be right , provided the spores, which seem to be present underneath the bracket in the second photo, are rusty brown and not white.

[David Humphries]

You could be right , provided the spores, which seem to be present underneath the bracket in the second photo, are rusty brown and not white.

 

 

Difficult to tell from the shots, but the spore does look brown

 

Not seen this one in the flesh myself.

 

 

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[Baxter]

Oooo! Ill do some reading of that one and have another look. Sorry about the photos, there just of a camera phone, ill try and get some decent shots of it.

Its on a yew in Shaftesbury, North Dorset.

 

Thanks guys!!

[David Humphries]

Oooo! Ill do some reading of that one and have another look. Sorry about the photos, there just of a camera phone, ill try and get some decent shots of it.

Its on a yew in Shaftesbury, North Dorset.

 

Thanks guys!!

 

 

Your welcome, thanks for showing us.

 

Is it in a churchyard perchance ?

 

Just trying to build a picture of it's habitat.

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

wow! I wait ages for posts like this, something radicaly out of the norm.

 

I will go with david on this, there is a rusty brown spore print under and on root.

 

pore surface is not what i would expect of hetero, nor is the laquered surface which is matt on hetero and more lumpy to