My Fungal finds... You tell me???

[Fungus]

Last one was on the same stump as the first 3 photos

 

David,

The first one's (again) to young to be sure, it could either be a Trametes or a Bjerkandera species still developing.

The last one is either Stereum gausapatum or S. rugosum, both species turn red after scratching the lower surface with a finger nail.

[David Goss]

David,

The first one's (again) to young to be sure, it could either be a Trametes or a Bjerkandera species still developing.

The last one is either Stereum gausapatum or S. rugosum, both species turn red after scratching the lower surface with a finger nail.

 

just call me the baby fungi hunter:001_rolleyes:

Ok then here is 3 more fungi all on the same tree! 2 very easy ones that even i know without having to look them up but then there is the 3rd one (4th pic) not sure about that one. Going by the 2nd fungi (3rd pic) i guess the tree is in big trouble but what of the other 2? will they help in its demise? After a climb of it today (sycamore) i found a massive cavity half way up the main stem which made me stop and come back down saying " ok thats for felling, no way i am climbing any higher on that to do a heavy reduction." Last pic is the tree in question, its over a driveway and close enough to destroy a building.

[David Goss]

oops ignore the 3rd photo it should have been this instead...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

lycoperdon pyriforme, the stump puff ball, coprinus sp probably micaceus check for orange/rust brown matt below, aminita rubescens, argh no this is saprobic on a failing sycamore so rules out rubescens which is a ecto mycorrhizea then K. deusta

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

almost forgot to add, the black spots on the sycamore leaves= rhytisma acerinum

[David Goss]

almost forgot to add, the black spots on the sycamore leaves= rhytisma acerinum

 

haha thats the spirit:thumbup:

so what do you think of my call to fell? justified for kretz alone i would say but with the cavity half way up just sealed the deal for me...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I cant make calls like that, not on photos, BUT in that situation (looks low risk) i might monolith it or even heavy reduce it

[David Goss]

Heavy reduction was the call at first but that was before finding the monster cavity that went all the way through the trunk with only a couple inches each side of holding wood. I wasnt for climbing above it so that ruled out the reduction unless we got a mewp in. Cost and position of the tree made me call it a fell. Get it down and plant another seems the safest and most logical solution. Anyway on with the fungi... gotta go search for some more pics.

[David Goss]

Ok how about this one then, You tell me...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

that my man is one of my babies! auricularia messenterica AKA the tripe fungi, what was it on?