Any ideas?

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

Bacon ?.

[David Humphries]

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?)

 

if you're interested in a comparison between the two, the directory above may offer some advise

 

Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing bracket - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

Daedalea quercina - Maze gill - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

I don't think the fungi in your shot is Daedaleopsis confragosa btw

 

regards

 

David

 

 

Nice shots of the blushing bracket Jules

 

 

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[daltontrees]

if you're interested in a comparison between the two, the directory above may offer some advise

 

Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing bracket - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

Daedalea quercina - Maze gill - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

I don't think the fungi in your shot is Daedaleopsis confragosa btw

 

regards

 

David

 

 

Nice shots of the blushing bracket Jules

 

 

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It was just a guess. A bit too clustered to be D.c and blurry enough to be anything. What's your guess?

[David Humphries]

It was just a guess. A bit too clustered to be D.c and blurry enough to be anything. What's your guess?

 

I don't really like to guess, having been caught out a llittle too often in the past with 'gut feelings'

 

Would really need to see further shots including a more panned context image and a focussed close up of the pores

 

 

 

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[Paul Barton]

Could it be a cluster of Phellinus ignarius?

[ScottF]

Trametes sp.?

[David Humphries]

Could it be a cluster of Phellinus ignarius?

 

Right host, but I don't think so Paul.

 

clusters of P. ignarius (the Willow bracket) are more commonly seen like this with a thicker rim and dark top surface.

 

Phellinus ignarius - Willow bracket - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

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