Beech decay ident

[James Atkinson]

Hi all, I can't admit to being that great at fungi Id, it has disappeared in my head from years of contract climbing 😒😒 I got called out to look at this beech tree today, and around 30ft up there were two large white fungi (pictured) the tree lost a large limb around a year ago. What do you guys think it is exactly?

[James Atkinson]

Bump bump

[Peter]

I think you will struggle to get an sort of meaningful ID from those low res pics.

[James Atkinson]

I think you will struggle to get an sort of meaningful ID from those low res pics.

 

 

Yea I kinda guessed that, but it was worth a try

[Graham]

Top one maybe Ganoderma. Bottom one looks like Polyporous squamosa but never seen that on beech. All a bit of a blur really.

[Adam M]

I'm just gonna say would speculate rigidoporous. Would need to get a slice though.

[Kveldssanger]

Gut feeling was Polyporus squamosus. Lower one almost certainly is - stalked and a developing fan-shaped sporophore. Growth on the upper one seems too uneven to be Rigidoporus - perhaps P. squamosus or Ganoderma (probably australe). Could even be Laetiporus sulphureus.

[James Atkinson]

Gut feeling was Polyporus squamosus. Lower one almost certainly is - stalked and a developing fan-shaped sporophore. Growth on the upper one seems too uneven to be Rigidoporus - perhaps P. squamosus or Ganoderma (probably australe). Could even be Laetiporus sulphureus.

 

 

I also felt the top one was ganoderma, it was the bottom one that stumped me. The tree isn't looking to great. It is a monster around 90ft didn't have my gear with me to get up there to have a look at the time. I do feel like the tree needs to go. Age, fungi and dropping large limbs in the past. A Shane though