Hericium cirrhatum on cherry

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Here the fungi pics.

 

Looks like Hericium cirrhatum.

I understand this species to act as a saprophyte, hosted on the exposed dysfunctional parts of that Cherry.

 

Does the tree have a mulch?

 

I believe Prunus has Endophytic (arbuscular) Mycorrhizal association, as such I'm not sure how/if it could be inoculated.

 

Can the dead/dysfunctional material be pruned out?

 

Perhaps it's worth considering removal and replanting?

 

 

 

 

 

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Think you need to rethink this ident, its a trametes, maybe zonatum, could be something else but this ones pore structure is indeed a pore structure and NOT as it appears a toothy one, sadly, wish it was.

 

nice sample though

[Langur]

Think you need to rethink this ident, its a trametes, maybe zonatum, could be something else but this ones pore structure is indeed a pore structure and NOT as it appears a toothy one, sadly, wish it was.

 

nice sample though

 

I'm not so sure.

There are Trametes on a Prunus sativa in that garden.

They look different from the one on the cherry, where the teeth are much more evident even on the small ones.

 

A couple of pics of the fungi on the Prunus sativa.