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

[slack ma girdle]

1 hour ago, David Humphries said:

 

Both Mycena pura and rosea are variable but in my experience are quite different to your specimens.

Yep that rules those out , I shall have to have another sit down to night and confuse myself .

[David Humphries]

The parasitic Bolete, Psuedodboletus parasiticus. Boletes are usually mycorrhizal having mutually beneficial associations with tree roots, but this species parasitizes on the common earth ball, Scleroderma citrinum. 

[slack ma girdle]

2 hours ago, David Humphries said:

The parasitic Bolete, Psuedodboletus parasiticus. Boletes are usually mycorrhizal having mutually beneficial associations with tree roots, but this species parasitizes on the common earth ball, Scleroderma citrinum. 

Good find David

[Mick Dempsey]

I have an oak to quote for reduction for a local council. 
I noticed these brackets. Look like gannoderma, but what do I know?

strange bluish hue to them.  
any ideas?

[David Humphries]

Looks like Ganoderma pfeifferi

 

try scratching the surface, if it leaves behind a yellow waxy substance, then that’s the clincher. 
 

common name is the bees wax bracket 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, David Humphries said:

Looks like Ganoderma pfeifferi

 

try scratching the surface, if it leaves behind a yellow waxy substance, then that’s the clincher. 
 

common name is the bees wax bracket 

 

 

Thanks David, 

I am weighing up whether to eschew a reduction and offer only a removal bearing in mind it’s location. 
i’ll research its characteristics after I confirmed what it is. 
ill go back tomorrow. 
 

[sime42]

 

Found in a car park for a woodland walk place. It obviously hadn't grown there, looked like it had been scraped off from somewhere else. No idea why.

[oldwoodcutter]

Dead double  stemmed birch selected for felling 

[slack ma girdle]

I pretty sure that this is a Wrinkled Peach

[David Humphries]

6 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

I pretty sure that this is a Wrinkled Peach

Yep, Rhodotus palmatus. 
 

what was the substrate, 
elm or sycamore?