Any Ideas?

[Bart]

Quite new to fungi id and am trying to expand my knowledge. Struggling on this one, is it Meripilus?

 

First pic from the base of the Beech.

 

 

 

 

These are about 20' up the trunk on the N/W side

 

 

Photos were taken today Jan 18th

 

Any help from you fungi experts is much appreciated.

[Parker]

I'm not amazin on fungi id so if i get it wrong please correct me...

1-Honey Fungus ?

2-Dryads Saddle ?

[David Humphries]

First one's definately NOT Meripulus.

Merip has fronds, the ones in your picture are mushrooms, Imo possibly one of the Pholiota sp.

Too desicated for a positive Id.

 

The second shot looks to me, like one of the Oyster fungi. Pleutorus sp.

 

http://www.aie.org.uk/index.html look at 'Pleurotus ostreatus' in the Tree Fungi Pictures and Information link

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice shots btw

 

 

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Edited January 19, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Bart]

Thanks,

 

It it does look like a type of Pleurotus, it was the colour and apparant lack of gills on the underside that confused me:confused1:,

had a closer look today and there are lots, looks to dark to be 'Pleurotus ostreatus' the ones ive been shown where a lot more white/grey than these.

 

The one at the base was a little past its best.

 

Great link thanks will go and check the ID on some of my older pics

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The first one is almost certainly Pholiota aurivella, second P. ostreatus as monkey say! they go orange as they dry and dessicate as also do the gills become shrivelled and less obvious.

[combined tree services]

im pretty certain the second pic shows Polyporus Squamosus. as fpr the first pic i aint got a clue sorry

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

im pretty certain the second pic shows Polyporus Squamosus. as fpr the first pic i aint got a clue sorry

 

The second image is gilled! not pored? or do my eyes need testing?

[combined tree services]

nope you are most probaby correct !!