Fungus on Scot’s Pine - serious?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Could be either of the two mentioned above. Laetiporus is less common on conifer than broadleaf. Phaeolus is a conifer specialist. They both cause brown rot so there would be little external biomechanical signs of the extent of the defect but ultimatly, they both make trees fail.

 

 

This is misleading, probably not on purpose

 

BROWN ROT DOES produce symptoms, sometimes subtle sometimes not, and in this case the extreme fluting is a sure sign of extensive heart rot which Paeolus is pretty much limited to in Pines unlike say Larix decidua

 

and its in no way shape nor form Laetiporus sulphureus 'conifericola'

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Awesome body language in the third image.

Defo Phaeolus- move the caravan! :-0

 

my words exactly!