Phooorrrr, what a corker

[slack ma girdle]

Inonotus hispidus, this is the first time that I have seen this fungus in west Wales. Unfortunately it is growing on an Ash which has about 500 school kids walking under it twice a day, so it will have to be removed.

Sorry pictures are not very good, as it is 10' up, and i had to stand on the roof of my Landy.

[Kveldssanger]

Very nice shots. Scope to monolith it to keep the fungal habitat? Certainly reduces the risk hugely, at the same time.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Very nice shots. Scope to monolith it to keep the fungal habitat? Certainly reduces the risk hugely, at the same time.

 

 

Possibly a cheaper option and still beneficial / educational?

[Steve Bullman]

Any reason why its rare in that part of the country?

[Kveldssanger]

 

Possibly a cheaper option and still beneficial / educational?

 

Certainly educational. No doubt woodpeckers and eventually bats would love that standing stem being decayed by the Inonotus, too - let alone insects that live on the bracket of the Inonotus itself (of which at least two are very rare species). Monolith it and plant some wild flowers around it, put a small sign up (get the kids to make it?), maybe a small fence, and bam, a realy cool scene that satisfies all parties - at very little cost.

[slack ma girdle]

Any reason why its rare in that part of the country?

 

Normally the kids have knocked off the fruiting bodies with stones by now.

I noticed the stain a couple of years ago, but this is the first time that i have been able to ID it before the kids have knocked it off.

[slack ma girdle]

Any reason why its rare in that part of the country?

 

Sorry i quoted the wrong reply, there is not that many different types of fungi in west Wales, which is probably to do with low levels of trees historically.

I had a quick look on the NBN website, and it shows no records for south Pembs, and only one for north Pembs.