is this Armillaria??

[john p]

found today on huge leaning Beech,client unconcerned,im worried!!cheers

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

at base or on wood and elevated?

[john p]

pretty much at base,growing just below very old wound,had a quick poke for bootlaces but none evident,thought it might be pholiota bet stems look a bit long??

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

pretty much at base,growing just below very old wound,had a quick poke for bootlaces but none evident,thought it might be pholiota bet stems look a bit long??

 

that is exactly why I would suspect pholiota aurivella:001_smile:

[john p]

is it a naughty vicious fungus? the tree its on is a 80 footer and leaning about 15 degrees.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

is it a naughty vicious fungus? the tree its on is a 80 footer and leaning about 15 degrees.

 

its not a confirmation, unless it was off the ground this group.

 

If mellea (armillaria or honey fungus) then a leaning tree would be a concern and a reduction would be advisable, pretty much the same option for Pholiotta aurivella, except aurivella is more a limb dropper and fork failer than a root decay like the mellea:001_smile:

[Fungus]

found today on huge leaning Beech

 

John,

Put some gills in water and try to locate a cluster of spores : white spores = Armillaria, brown spores is Pholiota species.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

John,

Put some gills in water and try to locate a cluster of spores : white spores = Armillaria, brown spores is Pholiota species.

 

that is a splendid tip!

[sloth]

Which would work on other fungi too?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

if dried i would imagine so