Fungi ident please

[kentjames]

Hi all,

 

I bow to the greater knowledge that is arbtalk when it comes to fungi idents, so please could someone inform me of what the following is and its effects if any upon the tree?

 

Two sites which i will reply here after

 

Cheers

James

[sean]

where is it?

[kentjames]

First site, host tree is an Ash

[kentjames]

where is it?

 

was uploading lol

[kentjames]

second site, large old veteran apple, with these at the base.

[sloth]

Ganoderma, possibly applanatum, on the ash. Can cause a nice hollow, a healthy ash can live with this a long time, especially a pollard.

Hard to see the second, were the stems snd caps covered in scales? If so Pholiotta squarrosa.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Ganoderma, possibly applanatum, on the ash. Can cause a nice hollow, a healthy ash can live with this a long time, especially a pollard.

Hard to see the second, were the stems snd caps covered in scales? If so Pholiotta squarrosa.

 

That'd be my guess too. (It's always easier going second )

 

Well done Sloth

 

Paul

[Al Cormack]

I had the apple tree fungi down as honey fungus. Didn't think the caps were shaggy enough for Pholotia?

[sloth]

The scales can wash off as the cap expands. It was the first pic that suggests it to me, the stems look shaggy...