Ganoderma

[elicokiz]

Hi Folks

A large mature Beech at our site has what looks suspiciously like Ganoderma fruiting bodies in a large wound at the base of a compression fork, this occurs at about 15ft. There is no sign of decay or other fruiting bodies at the base of the tree. Is it common for Ganoderma to be discovered at height? or could this be another unrelated Genus of fungi ?

 

Regards

Dave

[RobRainford]

Ganoderma can occur at height. Highest I saw it was about 10ft stuck on the side of a union with a few other fruiting bodies accompanying it.

 

Ganoderma doesn't look like much else, pics would be ace!

[sloth]

Gano at height here http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=649132

It could be something else though

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

there is no limit to height for ganos, or rather as long as there is heavy wood, there can be ganos, for some reason gano at hieght is becoming increasingly common too.

 

along with my first sighting of meripilus at hieght 30ft last autumn