Daedaleopsis confragosa (i think)

[Sciadopitys]

I was called out to inspect a willow this afternoon that had split and lost a major scaffold branch. Upon arrival i saw how decayed the base of the tree was, there was lots of fungal brackets up to about 10cm across. Being a fungi novice, i got the books out and i have identified the brackets as Daedaleopsis confragosa. They have a light-coloured upper surface and maze-like pores underneath. My books says this is a white rot that badly damages stems. It also says that it is common on deadwood but less common on living wood. There were brackets on living and dead wood on this willow.

 

The tree was in a bad way and where the branch had split away the interior of the remaining trunk was like soft moist cardboard. The tree was still a threat to the carriageway so was removed.

 

Pics below are very poor quality as all we had with us was a dodgy old nokia phone with a very poor camera, but you'll get the idea.

 

please let me know if the ID is correct :-) cheers

[David Humphries]

Quite possibly.

 

Were there any older brackets, other than shown, that were of a darker reddish colour?

 

Which book/s do you have?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Sciadopitys]

Hi Monkeyd, all the brackets were about the same age, max of 10cm across, all white on the upper surface.

 

The book i have is one of Claus Mattheck's. It sounds very much and looks very much like D. confragosa.

 

What else could it be if i'm wrong? Another Daedaleopsis species???

[Meep]

It could be Fomes fomentarius but i think your right with Daedaleopsis confragosa.