Please could I have some help ID'ing fungi?

[Tilia]

Hi folks,

 

I'm still relatively new to arboriculture and I've found some interesting fungi on a walk today (2nd January - working off the Christmas gluttony!)

 

I've looked in the trusty Manual of Wood Decays by Weber and Mattheck but couldn't find anything that fits the bill. If anyone can give me a bit of help ID'ing these it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

All these were found on a young but not-too-healthy-looking horse chestnut. The first three photos are of the same fungus, and the fourth is entirely different.

 

Also saw an interesting canker on a mature oak, any ideas what might have caused it?

 

Thanks!

[David Humphries]

Hello Tilia.

 

first three are Pluerous ostreatus - Oyster

 

Not sure of the last one

 

did you try the fungi directory above ?

 

 

 

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[Tilia]

Ah, thank you David,

 

I'd looked at Pleurotus in my book but the photos seemed slightly different, however now you mention it and having looked at a few other photos of it I can see that now. Thanks for your help, that's another set of photos I'll label for future reference!

 

Is there an identification key for the Fungi Directory, or is it a case of look through the photos?

[David Humphries]

Ah, thank you David,

 

Is there an identification key for the Fungi Directory, or is it a case of look through the photos?

 

you can try inputing various key words on the Fungi Directory search page.

 

Putting Horse chestnut for example will give you 13 out of the 102 galleries to choose from. that would help narrow it down.

 

 

 

 

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[Tilia]

Hmm. Closest I could find is Flammulina velutipes (velvet shank) but it doesn't seem quite right... what do you think?

 

Right time of the year for it I guess!

[David Humphries]

Hmm. Closest I could find is Flammulina velutipes (velvet shank) but it doesn't seem quite right... what do you think?

 

Right time of the year for it I guess!

 

certainly right time of the year, and similar mo. But not quite right, imo.

 

It's fairly critical to get a bigger picture when photographing fungi for Id.

 

Getting shots of gills, pores, stem type, colour of spore, are all important aspects of honing in on an Id.

 

 

 

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