Fungi or not a fungi?

[armybloke]

This series of photographs are of what looked like a fungal fruiting body on Sequoiadendron giganteum but only when a ladder inspection was carried out did it reveal that which is on the photos. There were 2 now only one remains as I needed a close up and further inspection. It has been looked after and I have no idea what it is. It sounds, feels and weighs like wood. The same woody bark of the tree. It has a stalk that attached it to the tree hence when I inspected the tree I thought it was fungus. I suspected Heterobasidium or Phaeolus sp. I read up on both species and they have both been associated with the Sequoia sp.

 

So if you have an answer please fire them over - I am at a loss!

 

David, Gerrit and Tony I have money on you answering this for me!

[RobArb]

Is it definitely a fung?

 

Could be a weird sphaeroblast?

 

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[David Humphries]

Don't think its fungal Marco.

 

Looks like a form of woody faciation to me.

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Beat ya to it, Dave lad... Ehem, I mean sorry, David

 

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[David Humphries]

Beat ya to it, Dave lad... Ehem, I mean sorry, David

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Do I really have to play 'beat you to the fung' as well Rob

 

Its tedious enough to have to play it against the fung-nerd himself

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Haha, sorry...!

 

Gotta keep meself occupied somehow, the beach volleyball had finished:001_rolleyes:

 

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[armybloke]

Don't think its fungal Marco.

 

Looks like a form of woody faciation to me.

 

 

 

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Cheers David, but ask yourself why the stalk and why shape it like a fungal fruiting body? A fasciation repeated twice up the stem no less my friend? Why would a tree put so much energy in to replication? This is not a test of your knowledge but to find out what I was looking at? I have no idea, as I jhave searched the net for similar objects and so far turned up nothing.

 

Oh and Rob, switch the tv mute button on and have a little think mate - you know you'll come up with an answer!

 

No gold medals up for grabs you two!

[armybloke]

Fasciation is coming up favourite via my work and social (tree) colleagues too - David you may have won a gold here (although none were on offer!)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

These are no different to your body laying skin round a forign object untill it is grown out of the body IMO, a gall of sorts.