Another funghi id please!

[Phil71]

I've had a look through my book and the directory on here, but can't find this one. Looks a bit Ganoderma-ish to me, but not sure. Other photo shows what looks like Armillaria boot laces... what do you think? Tree is a Robinia psuedoacaia 'Frisia'.

 

Cheers...Phil

[openspaceman]

I've had a look through my book and the directory on here, but can't find this one. Looks a bit Ganoderma-ish to me, but not sure. Other photo shows what looks like Armillaria boot laces... what do you think? Tree is a Robinia psuedoacaia 'Frisia'.

 

Cheers...Phil

 

Not properly formed for some reason but my guess is Perenniporia fraxinea and the bootlaces are one of the honey fungus

[Phil71]

Not properly formed for some reason but my guess is Perenniporia fraxinea and the bootlaces are one of the honey fungus

 

Thanks for the reply,what leads you to think P. fraxinea as it looks nothing like the photos in the directory?

[openspaceman]

Thanks for the reply,what leads you to think P. fraxinea as it looks nothing like the photos in the directory?

 

No it doesn't seem to be forming into a bracket but it looks like the beginnings and the host species is an indicator, albeit it's to rare for me to have any confidence.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

G. australe IMO, and is particularly savage on robinias

[openspaceman]

G. australe IMO, and is particularly savage on robinias

 

I'll defer to our learned colleague as I'm only a beginner at this fungi ident business.

 

 

What's your view on australe on Q Borealis Tony? I have watched a mature tree with small fruiting bodies of what I take to be this for 4 years now and just the one poorly formed bracket in between two prominent buttresses each year.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I'll defer to our learned colleague as I'm only a beginner at this fungi ident business.

 

 

What's your view on australe on Q Borealis Tony? I have watched a mature tree with small fruiting bodies of what I take to be this for 4 years now and just the one poorly formed bracket in between two prominent buttresses each year.

 

dont know the species specific nature of the interaction but very healthy trees with well hydrated cells/low dysfunctions/cavitations in the cells will fend off most pathogenic/parasitic fungi for upto around 30 years, sometimes longer depending on the host fungi species and the diameter or age of the tree host

[Phil71]

G. australe IMO, and is particularly savage on robinias

 

Thank you for stepping in, fungi id is a bit of a weak spot for me! Not good news for the tree then, especially with the Armillaria?