Inonotus dryadeus

[David Humphries]

I would imagine your example is I. dryadeus.

Was it brittle or spongy?

Any shots of the pore layer and of the bracket in situe?

 

 

 

 

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[APC]

Thanks for the reply! I'm afraid no picture of it 'in situ' as it became detached when I was pulling at the ivy. I'm certain of location it came from though as there are a few bits and bobs of it left where it was attached to the tree.

 

I have these photos too though:

 

 

[David Humphries]

I dryadeus

 

Unusal but not uncommon to find it at height on or near to the top of trunks from my experience.

[APC]

I dryadeus

 

Unusal but not uncommon to find it at height on or near to the top of trunks from my experience.

 

Nice! Ta!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice! Ta!

 

I will also concur with David, and apologise for the delayed reply! been a bit well, think I had a man period! winter soltice and all!

 

Thats the trouble with being a dryad, bit sensitive to earths cycles:biggrin:

[sloth]

Currently reading through my nice new copy of fungal strategies of wood decay in trees and note, on p.48 s3.2.2.3, the suggestion that I.d only colonizes up to 15cm above ground level. Also that damaged trees often collapse, with roots breaking 30-60cm from the stem.

I know of only one area near me where this fungi is prevalent, but many (now urban) oaks host it. Obviously there are a few at Hatfield too, though I've only visited twice. I haven't seen one tree with it collapse, and many of them have exhibited decay and or fruiting up to 2m height.

With this book being over a decade old, I wonder if there is new and differing research on this fungi; and what others general experience and observations are?

 

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[David Humphries]

Seen it fruiting high on trunks up to 5/6 meters

 

Experience shows us that text books are part of the ongoing knowledge of a subject, not the definitive answer.

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[sloth]

Indeed, I wonder when the text books will agree with general observations?

 

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[David Humphries]

Guess that depends on whether the authors intend to update their own work or whether they have access to experience/evidence of examples of things like I dryadeus at height which challenges the existing texts.

 

Perhaps there are new works in the wings ?

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

I've seen it in a crack in a pecan ~6m high.

 

We could tell Francis, but I think he's focusing on violins and caskets last i heard (2011). There ain't much green in the green industry, relative to music and mortuary.

 

My observational 'data' are close to Tony's 1000;1 ratio, though I've seen 2 tipovers. But still it merits respect.