Phellinus tuberculosis.................I think

[Hannah]

my lecturer thinks its fomes fomentarius, I completely disagree.

 

What do you think?

[Amelanchier]

Hmm could be right. Certainly the classic host for P. tuberculosis.

Though the old synonym for Phellinus was Fomes...

[David Humphries]

Does appear similar, and as Tony says, host is bang on.

Sited on trunks and undersides of branches on both dead and live wood.

 

Jordan has it listed as P. pomaceus, and goes on to give P. ignarius as having the synonym as Fomes igniarius

 

 

Will consult & widen the scope at the office on the morrow

 

 

 

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Edited March 10, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Hannah]

sounds good, look forward to it.

[Amelanchier]

Also - now that I have looked at the pics on my laptop and not my teenyweeny phone screen - there's the characteristic cracking of older Phellinus spp. brackets in the second shot.

[Bundle 2]

Mmmmm......does seem characteristic of Phellinus..Oh, sorry, you said that. TBH, I have never seen Phellinus tuberculosis in person but this is looking good from reference material to hand.....the striking colors are well, striking....! look at the way they stack up...and compare with fomes for yourself ( plus host and situ fits...)http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=fomes+fomentarius&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

[Hannah]

Then there are these which i found all over a Prunus cerasifera, do we think theyre the same?

[Tom D]

Looks like tuberculosus to me.

[Paul Barton]

I think the first pics may be Phellinus robustus which gets the characteristic blackened cracks on the upper surface.

 

I am pretty sure your second lot of pics are P. tuberculosis Hannah. Nice photos!

[Bundle 2]

robustus is so rare as to be extremely unlikely mate....red list, spotted only a handful of times in the uk....worth doing a bit of reasearch if fungus is your thing tho'

 

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=phellinus+robustus&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

 

Nice pics Hannah...