oak bracket id please

[defenderjack]

apoligies as pictures are not fantastic but any help appreciated , big old oak tree , fairly healthy crown other than quite alot of smallish deadwood in inner crown

the grounds been under water for some time and the bracket looks fairly old but there is a smaller bracket forming under the larger one

 

any ideas or prognosis always appreciated

[David Humphries]

Squidgy like an annual bracket or hard like a perennial type?

 

 

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[defenderjack]

Squidgy like an annual bracket or hard like a perennial type?

 

 

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yeh pretty squidgy

[treeseer]

Please note the bracket grows where the tree wounded itself with included bark.

 

Also note the dirt contacting stem tissue, aggravating moisture issues.

 

Squidgy? Perhaps even perennial conks get squidgy when inundated.

[David Humphries]

Ganoderma resinaceum would be my guess

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Please note the bracket grows where the tree wounded itself with included bark.

 

Also note the dirt contacting stem tissue, aggravating moisture issues.

 

Squidgy? Perhaps even perennial conks get squidgy when inundated.

 

 

Ive got to remember this one! its a cracker Guy!

[treeseer]

Ive got to remember this one! its a cracker Guy!

 

Cracker...is that what you guys call a biscuit?