honey fungus?

[Dean O]

just checking,

photos have been sent to me by the owner

 

just arrived on a vet oak in a private garden that a client wants to try and manage through its decline.

 

fungi near to a patch of dead/necrotic bark and wood at ground level (suspected ground level change)

 

some weeping on the stem visible earlier in the year which made me suspect HF may have been around, but no other obvious signs.

 

the description given to me by the home owner of the fungus sounded more like merip or grifola so its thrown me,

[David Humphries]

Yes, Armillaria

 

Out of interest, did you try looking at the directory at the Armillaria gallery?

 

Both Meripilus & Grifola have pores rather than gills like your example

 

check out the red links for reference.

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[Paul Cleaver]

The collar under the cap is the best id on Honey fungus

[Dean O]

Thanks guys

should have explained better that the description of the fungus was given some weeks before the photo, twasnt the id rather the fact it was hf rather than what I had in my mind that threw me.

 

the crown is in decline with very little epicormic, in your experience would HF be the primary here or is there likely to be something else in residence paving the way? (sorry I know that's a bit of a how longs a piece of string type question)

 

thanks

[willjones]

We came across this today, looks abit like honey fungus?, but not sure.it was on a grass verge, one part was growing out of a dead ash, the other about a meter away, out the ground.3dead trees on the verge in total.

[David Humphries]

We came across this today, looks abit like honey fungus?, but not sure..........it was on a grass verge, one part was growing out of a dead ash, the other about a meter away, out the ground.3dead trees on the verge in total.

 

Yep, think this is honey fungus.

 

 

 

 

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