Fungi ident.

[CTS]

Ok little help here please. Found this fungi at the base of a horse chestnut. No leaf on crown and bark starting to peel off. Anyone know what's going on with the poor dead tree.

 

Ta

[CTS]

Full pic of tree

 

Thanks

[Tom D]

I'have seen that before, not sure what it is though. Its probably just feeding on dead wood, the tree being killed by something else. Honey fungus maybe, did you lift any bark?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Looks like the saprophyte Xylaria polymorpha or Dead man's fingers.

[Jake Andrews]

Pigeon plop!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Looks like the saprophyte Xylaria polymorpha or Dead man's fingers.

 

Might want to rephrase that a little, I shall dig out a reference later.

 

it is X. polymorpha though:thumbup1:

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

..............still waiting....................................