Fungi ident needed

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Found this on a whitebeam this morning

What is it

What does it do

What are the controls

[David Humphries]

Pretty desiccated

 

Did you look below it to determine if it has the remnants of pores or gills?

 

A guess would be Ganoderma resinaceum.

But it could quite easily be Meripilus giganteus.

But nothing really in the shots to be sure about.

 

 

 

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[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Didn't look like Meripilus, a second whitebeam which is 8m from this tree has Ganodetma brackets at the base

 

Same outcome though David eh?

[David Humphries]

That entirely depends on what species of fungi it is Chris and then on the extent of associated decay.

 

Did you 'test' the region of fruiting to ascertain the extent of decay?

 

 

 

 

 

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[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Had a good poke about and very soft, feels very spunky under the bark around the area of fruiting too

[Paul Cleaver]

I agree it doesn't look like meripilus - don't know what it is

[Jesse]

I agree it doesn't look like meripilus - don't know what it is

 

I have seen Meripilus take on that sort of form, it too had to push its way up through a thick poly black membrane which was covered with gravel. It did then after a few weeks develop into the more typical form.

[MATTMOSS]

It looks a bit like Dryad's saddle to me.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

its been grazed heavily difficult to call

[skyhuck]

It looks a bit like Dryad's saddle to me.

 

That would be my guess