Hello and can anyone help me

[Frances Hall]

Hi all, I have been an onlooker for some years and finally decided to post something today! An old bracket on a horse chestnut, there were several from the base up to about 4 metres, the picture shows the biggest, the others have fallen off. Now, I am thinking, if that's a ganoderma it would be smooth on the bottom, if its inonotus hispidus it should have gone black by now??? Would anyone be able to recognise this? Thank you!!

PS - sorry if this is really obvious, but it is on a horse chestnut - usually ganodermas but I am not sure, and I want to diagnose and save this tree for a bit!!

[Fungus]

Hi all, I have been an onlooker for some years and finally decided to post something today! An old bracket on a horse chestnut, there were several from the base up to about 4 metres, the picture shows the biggest, the others have fallen off.

 

Hard to say from the pictures. It certainly is no Ganoderma nor Inonotus, but with pores and tubes an old Polyporus species or with gills Pleurotus ostreatus.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

these look like dessicated P ostreatus (oyster fungi)

 

slow decay but symptomatic of dead wood and dysfunction in the old tree

 

welcome

[Andy Collins]

I'm not going to say anything about this fungi, but have you looked through the forums fungi guide? And if you are interested in fungi, we have an app that is compatible for iPhones, iPads and android based phones available for £2.99. Very user friendly app.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

this tree, has it ever displayed bark cracks? I can just make a few wound occlusions out in the photo and a potential crack in the bark above inline with fruitbodies.

 

I suspect this tree has had a little psuedomona syringea or armillaria attack, ever notice tar like brown/black streaks?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I'm not going to say anything about this fungi, but have you looked through the forums fungi guide? And if you are interested in fungi, we have an app that is compatible for iPhones, iPads and android based phones available for £2.99. Very user friendly app.

 

ignore andy, he is on commission, you dont need apps when youve got the two best myco arbs on the case within a minute!

 

 

[Fungus]

have you looked through the forums fungi guide? And if you are interested in fungi, we have an app that is compatible for iPhones, iPads and android based phones available for £2.99. Very user friendly app.

 

Andy,

I doubt that it is possible to identify these desicated last year's fb's with either of your suggested options .

[David Humphries]

you dont need apps when youve got the two best myco arbs on the case within a minute!

 

Some of us have a life

 

 

 

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[Andy Collins]

ignore andy, he is on commission, you dont need apps when youve got the two best myco arbs on the case within a minute!

 

 

 

Oh, I missed Daves post somehow

[David Humphries]

Andy,

I doubt that it is possible to identify these desicated last year's fb's with either of your suggested options .

 

Perhaps not, but the tree host & colour could help provide a point in the right direction

 

 

 

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