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

[Kveldssanger]

Looks like Ganoderma resinaceum, though without other photos it'd be unwise to claim that it is 100% that. What was the tree it was on?

[David Humphries]

Looks like a hard perennial Ganoderma species to me.

 

Probably australe but I wouldn't rule out pfeifferi without having someone do a scratch test on it.

 

 

What was the Sparasis fruiting on Mr OakStag?

 

 

 

 

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[OakStag]

Thank you very much, the sparasis was fruiting on a pinus sylvestris. We removed several trees surrounding a tennis court being retarmacedand noticed a large amount of the pines in the area were hosting sparasis. some lovely mature pines shame they were in a high risk place. once again thank you

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Looks like a hard perennial Ganoderma species to me.

 

Probably australe but I wouldn't rule out pfeifferi without having someone do a scratch test on it.

 

 

What was the Sparasis fruiting on Mr OakStag?

 

 

 

 

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I was looking at it as a 'deck' of brackets, but it might just be the same one - in which case, one of the others it would indeed be.

[Will Heal]

Found these tiny ones on a beech today. Could they be porcelain fungi?

 

 

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[David Humphries]

No not porcelain Will, the would be much larger and have a a ring on the stem.

 

I would think these are probably from the Mycena or Marassmius/Marasmiellus genus

 

 

 

 

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[Dannyjack]

New to this Fungi ID but I think this is Fomes Fomentarius? (Found on Oak)

 

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[David Humphries]

New to this Fungi ID but I think this is Fomes Fomentarius? (Found on Oak)

 

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More likely to be one of the Ganoderma species that's become desiccated Danny.

 

Fomes does associate with oak, but it generally would have a much deeper profile.

 

Things to look for when identifying fungal species are things like spore colour and size of pores underneath the caps.

 

Fomes has a pale/white spore and the Ganodermas have a brown/cocoa coloured spore.

 

 

 

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