Mystery Yew fungus

[sloth]

Google was my friend for an image, not in any of my books. Is much known about it, decay type, m.o etc?

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Google was my friend for an image, not in any of my books. Is much known about it, decay type, m.o etc?

 

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this threads the first ive heard of this one so dont ask me:blushing:, I try to stick to stuff I have a reasonable amount of personal experience of, I think thats the ONLY way:001_rolleyes:

[Len Brennan]

could be way off the mark with this but the op photos resemble Capnobotrys dingleyae (syn Hormiscium pinophylum/ Antennaria pinophyla )

 

which has been recorded on Yew before, and seems to occur more often in the north of the country from what i can make out,

 

From the couple of photos I've been able to find via Google, I think you've nailed it there.

[daltontrees]

Capnobotrys seems to be common on Yew, see British Fungi - record details

 

The synonym antennaria pinophyla is throwing me, may be getting confused with the black sooty mould Antennatula pinophyla

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Capnobotrys seems to be common on Yew, see British Fungi - record details

 

The synonym antennaria pinophyla is throwing me, may be getting confused with the black sooty mould Antennatula pinophyla

 

32 records is not at all common!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

mind you, theres only 159 records for chicken of the woods on Taxus, so its not really telling you much, FRDBI is a good guide but needs more recorders to get involved to populate the list, Myself included!

[daltontrees]

Ahh, one needs to be so careful what one says on the Forum. I should have said 'commonest' on Yew. The stage of completeness of the database is not known but perhaps there are more records not yet added to it. Anyway, it is a useful indicator of some sort of the geographical spread. 32 is a good start. In that context, I withdraw 'common' and replace it with the wishy-washy 'not unheard of'.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ahh, one needs to be so careful what one says on the Forum. I should have said 'commonest' on Yew. The stage of completeness of the database is not known but perhaps there are more records not yet added to it. Anyway, it is a useful indicator of some sort of the geographical spread. 32 is a good start. In that context, I withdraw 'common' and replace it with the wishy-washy 'not unheard of'.

 

sorry didnt mean to stir it just thinking aloud.

 

just saying I personally wouldnt rely on it without cross reference to other sources, least till its tidied up a bit.