Localised distribution of Fomes fomentarius

[Kveldssanger]

Very interesting find! 100% London plane and not oriental?

[David Humphries]

Indeed,

 

it may be down to the local climate and growth conditions over there compared with a slower growing environment here. Large - narrower growth rings.

 

Might try and get a few snaps of the decay when they take it down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

100% London plane and not oriental?

 

Yep, hybrid plane, with stronger occidentalis genes.

 

 

That's what Ceratocystis platani appears to prefer.

 

P. orientalis is less susceptible...........but that's for another thread.

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

That's useful to know - thanks. I'd agree when you climate is probably a main driver, though I wonder whether the genetic stock is different as well (from there compared to here). My understanding is London plane is clonal, so not sure how accurate my presumption would be.

[Betula]

That's useful to know - thanks. I'd agree when you climate is probably a main driver, though I wonder whether the genetic stock is different as well (from there compared to here). My understanding is London plane is clonal, so not sure how accurate my presumption would be.

 

take a read of this

 

Plane trees - index page

 

Not seen Fomes on any Planes so far but quite a bit of Rigidporus

[Betula]

Clones of cultivars as I understand it

[GrahamD]

A rather excellent Fomus thread. Great insight. thanks.

 

I was up in Borrowdale ( Lakes ) in April and found loads of Fomus on Birch while out foraging. I live near the Chiltern Hills so we have plenty of Beech and I have also found a few Fomus brackets on Beech this year whilst foraging about. A most interesting Fungi, and useful too.

 

I did notice when harvesting the Trama layer that it accumulated differently from the Birch Bracket to the Beech bracket.

[David Humphries]

.......I did notice when harvesting the Trama layer that it accumulated differently from the Birch Bracket to the Beech bracket.

 

Hello Graham, thanks for pitching in to the thread.

 

Do you happen to have any images of the different trama layers for the two different tree hosts?

 

 

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[GrahamD]

Yes. I can send you some images via a PM if you wish. I'm in the process of stripping one of the Beech Brackets I have. The Trama is far thicker around the Skirt than on top of the Bracket, as you get with those generally found on Birch.

 

I will sort out tomorrow for you.

 

Oh, and that's a wonderful Blake quote by the way. He is superb.

[David Humphries]

Brrrp

 

 

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