Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[Kveldssanger]

Probably something akin to this!

 

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[Jake Andrews]

All found on the same AMAZING tree. Was a pleasure to work on.

[Kveldssanger]

Beast of a tree! Looks like a load of Ganoderma.

 

Is that an internal root, or just a rib?

[Jake Andrews]

Do you know of they are all from the same species?

[Kveldssanger]

They look more like Ganoderma australe than they do Ganoderma applanatum, though it's hard to tell from outward appearance. Green & Watson say australe is much tougher and doesn't crack atop under only low to moderate pressure, and has the outer 'lip' that rolls outwards. Applanatum also seems to be much more planar, whilst australe sometimes looks a bit like a hoof.

[Jake Andrews]

I was thinking australe also from the lip, although I know how hard to tell it is. They are all from different stages but not associated with the cavity as far as I know. The cavity has an advanced brown rot but the fungi hasn't showed it's face yet.

[Kveldssanger]

Probably Laetiporus, I would say (either going to be that or Fistulina).

[Jake Andrews]

I hadn't considered Laetiporus but I think that's because my mind was made up on wanting it to be Fistulina 😂

[Kveldssanger]

I have seen Fistulina up in the crown a few times, though usually it's chicken. Would have to wait and see to get a conclusive ID, of course.

[David Humphries]

Applanatum/schmaplanatum

 

Text books confuse and contradict the issue of determining appla/australe via morphological/macro features.

 

My advice (for what it's worth) is to not go down the guessing route with these two.

 

Spore + microscope the only sure fire way to tell between the two.

 

 

 

 

 

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