Help? No photo, yet...

[sloth]

I know its a big ask as I don't have a photo yet (was too dark last night!), will get one in a day or so. Not looking for or expecting a positive id, just possibilities.

Any suggestions welcomed.

Drive past this tree quite regularly and it shed a limb in just moderate wind.

Host, whitebeam. Fb appeared at site of limb failure approx 1-2 weeks after tear-out, 6 foot high. It is pure white, soft, didn't bruise immediately but may have after I left, and smells strongly mushroomy. It has the appearance/shape of a young gibbosa but the pores are too small. The exposed decayed wood looked like it was covered in a dense, dry white mycelium, but under a streetlight it was hard to tell.

 

So any suggestions to look into before I go back for pics and a slice?

Ta very much...

[sloth]

Ok, pics...

Its no longer pure white. Smells tasty. Very fibrous flesh. Pores do not easily separate from cap. Still soft throughout. Slightly felty or rough on top.

Gonna look it up later but any suggestions in the mean time?

[sloth]

1-3 pores per mm. Pore layer around 10mm thick, but may thicken as brackets mature. No sign of spore deposit/colour below brackets.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

aurantiporus fissilis

[sloth]

Looking in Collins and Philips when i first found it, that or Spongepilus spumeus (spelling?) is what i was leaning towards. I hoped a more mature fb and a slice would help. Looking now i think more Spongepilus, why do you say Aurantiporous? If it is either I'd be happy

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

is spongipelis felted? you may be right having looked closer the pores are not like aurantiporus

[sloth]

I can't remember, will have to check. The surface was only very slightly felty. I thought fissilis was a saprobe, and get the impression this fungi has invaded living tissues. Know nothing of spumeus MO though? Have either been found on sorbus, where is it you and David look btw?

I have a galaxy s2 now and while it has an 8 mega pixel camera I feel the close ups aren't great. I go past it again on Friday, could get some macro shots with an optical zoom camera instead. Or even post you a slice! This one is bugging me

[RobArb]

you can get some really good close up shots with the galaxy with a steady hand.

 

when in camera mode change auto-focus to macro (the AF icon to the flower icon), and then zoom the screen in to about 2.8-3.6x then hold the phone camera about 6-8 inches away from the subject till it seems in the best focus on screen and take a picture, then view it in the gallery and you should have a good shot:biggrin:

[RobArb]

I have got crisper than this but this lime hawk moth caterpillar was moving:biggrin:

 

Sent from my Galaxy S2

[sloth]

Nice pic I'll try that advice ta. Also is it too much to hope you know how to turn off the camera noises, they really bug me and I can't figure it out!