Coniophora puteana

[Pete Bannister]

C. puteana and the very similar C.marmarata are major 'brown rotters' in converted timber ( often in converted conifer as well as broadleaf timber) and are not, to my knowledge, recorded as having any white rot or soft rot modes in converted (dead) wood.

All workers Im aware of report C. puteana as requiring timber moisture contents well above fibre saturation point (>30% w/w) and most state nearer twice this value for digestion of wood that accords which is also my own observation in the field; for what its worth!

Nice photo of fb Tony. Is that on Oak?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

C. puteana and the very similar C.marmarata are major 'brown rotters' in converted timber ( often in converted conifer as well as broadleaf timber) and are not, to my knowledge, recorded as having any white rot or soft rot modes in converted (dead) wood.

All workers Im aware of report C. puteana as requiring timber moisture contents well above fibre saturation point (>30% w/w) and most state nearer twice this value for digestion of wood that accords which is also my own observation in the field; for what its worth!

Nice photo of fb Tony. Is that on Oak?

 

i can see why you ask, the bark less texture screams oak doesn't it, I think it could well be but I have some recollection of it being either beech or alder, the other two trees ive recorded it on, I think the photo you saw above was shot with this one of a slime mold also in shot, and this was certainly an alder, and a biggun at that, felled timber.

 

second image here on beech if my memory serves me

 

 

[Pete Bannister]

Very nice photos. thanks Tony