fungus id

[briscoe]

can anyone tell me what fungus this is? There were a few bodies like this one on a

 

silver birch which has died.

[David Humphries]

Looks like a desiccated birch polypore - Piptoporus betulinus

 

 

 

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[briscoe]

thanks- yes looks like that one. Would it have likely killed the tree or would the tree have died before this fungus set in?

[David Humphries]

Tree was more than likely in some level of decline before the piptoporus mycelium started to move through the dysfunctional or damaged wood in the trunk or branches.

 

Piptoporus betulinus - Razor strop/Birch Polypore - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

 

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[briscoe]

thanks !

[Betula]

Helps to finish off declining birches, like dignitas for trees!

[Richard 1234]

Hi can anyone is this please?

And is it bad for this declining willow?

Thanks in advance Richard

[Gary Prentice]

Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken of the wood/Sulphur Polypore - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

chicken of the woods

[OakStag]

As Gary said Laetiporus. Not good for the willow at all.

[Richard 1234]

Thanks both of you. The tree dropped a massive branch last year and is generally looking on it way out.

It has a lean that's got worse since the branch dropped as well.

Thanks again Richard