need to id this fungi

[benwrdn]

im doing a portfolio for pest and diseases at college and i photographed this fungi on an ash tree. looking in fungi books and on the internet i cant seem to find out what it is. any ideas? cheers

[Peter]

Polyporus squamosus would be my bet.

[benwrdn]

cheers i will look into that

[benwrdn]

Polyporus squamosus would be my bet.

 

i've look at other pictures of polyporus squamosus and it appears to be the same thanks again

[Rod]

i was going to post pictures of the same thing how strange will put them up on here later

[benwrdn]

i will be sure to take a look later on

[Rod]

some pics of what i think is the same thing

 

found it on the road side on saturday on a beech

[Rod]

some more

[benwrdn]

the last 2 pics look very similar to the one i found and also a lot bigger! i put Polyporus squamosus into google and it came up with a link to wikipedia which had a lot of information on the fungi...how reliable wikipedia is though can be questionable! lol

[David Humphries]

This is reliable

 

AIE - Tree Fungi - Polyporus squamosus

 

 

 

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