Inonotus hispidus on Q cerris. 1 other id.

[Baxter]

A few pictures from a a group of Turkey Oaks in Pershore except for the Honey Fungus.

 

Pictures 1 and 2 - What i beleive to be inonotus hispidus? Just looking to double check.

 

Pictures 3 and 4 - Unknown 'oozing' on Q. cerris. Any ideas of cause/ info? Looks dry so poss bacterial?

 

Pictures 5, 6 and 7 - Another 'oozing' on seperate Q. cerris

 

Pictures 8 and 9 - Armillaria sp.?

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Polyporus squamosus brackets, and lots of bleeds and mellea the cause

[swinny]

piocs 3&4 is that a wood pecker hole/damage?

[Matthew Arnold]

piocs 3&4 is that a wood pecker hole/damage?

 

Woodpecker hole with evidence of bats

[swinny]

Woodpecker hole with evidence of bats

 

evidence of bats? whats this? Cheers

[Matthew Arnold]

evidence of bats? whats this? Cheers

 

The black ooze is their wee. Generally the base of the hole would be smooth with faint sratch marks from their claws. It looks very similar to bark ooze from a fresh wound or from Honey fungus.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

A bat roost for certain, its squirrels trying to knaw and open the entrance more for thier use, not a woodpecker hole but the eye of an occluding wound with advanced decay of the dysfunctional wood and cavitation behind.

[Baxter]

Ah hah! polyporus, of course i can see it now!

Yea its definatly squirrel damage its just the bleeding i dont understand just yet, the mellea is on a separate site to the oaks.

 

Any ideas of the mellea sp.?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ah hah! polyporus, of course i can see it now!

Yea its definatly squirrel damage its just the bleeding i dont understand just yet, the mellea is on a separate site to the oaks.

 

Any ideas of the mellea sp.?

 

yeah the sp is mellea! genus armillaria!

[Baxter]

haha sorry... another dumb moment there by me i think!

 

thanks!