Any ideas?

[Eddie Coyle]

this was half way up a willow I pollarded today, wasn't sure what it was. Any ideas, sorry this is the only photo I took.

 

 

 

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[daltontrees]

Based on height and tree species and what I can see from the photos, I'd guess at Daedalopsis confragrosa.

[ShooTa]

ahh the infamous bacon fungus - tis a rare find - not seen that fungi before on ash ive been felling./

[Eddie Coyle]

Thanks guys, not seen this one before. I'm not very good with fungus Ident. :-(

 

 

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[daltontrees]

This bit from my website might help you verify whether I have got it right and might help you remember it too.

Home - Dalton Tree Solutions

[Logrod]

Nice picture of the labyrinth pores, I might be able to remember this one if I come across it in the future!

[daltontrees]

Nice picture of the labyrinth pores, I might be able to remember this one if I come across it in the future!

 

It was such a nice specimen and I had my wife's new Nikon with me.

 

Similar pattern on Daedalea quercina. Another easy name to remember if you know your Icarus and Daedalus fable and that Oak is Quercus.

[Logrod]

Other than the tree that they were growing on is there any other way of differentiating between the two? If it's on oak always quercina, any other host always confragosa or not as simple as that? (Or does it not matter for practical purposes?)

[daltontrees]

I rarely see D.q. The brackets are not flat at all, flat on top and bulging beneath so that you can see the maze gills from afar. I only know of it on Oak and I have only ever seen D.c on Willow and Alder.

[Logrod]

Thanks Jules