fungi id on oak

[tree79]

Hi all

Found this on the buttress on a mature oak today, not to sure what it is, thought maze gill but not seen much in the past.

As always any help is great thank you

[Kveldssanger]

Pores don't look maze-like enough to be Daedalea quercina, and noting the white flesh (trama) I'd be inclined to say it could be Daedaleopsis confragosa, but that'd be an unlikely coloniser of an oak's buttress zone (unless it was dead, or on a dead area of the base?). It cannot be Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, because the trama is white and not rust-coloured. Pores are too big to be Buglossoporus quercinus. Could perhaps be Pseudotramates gibbosa, noting the pore layer and trama colour.

 

Do you still have the fungus? If so, some closer images from side on, looking down, looking closer at the pores, tube layer, etc, would be great. Also, was the area of wood it was found on dead or alive?

Edited September 29, 2016 by Kveldssanger

[tree79]

Pores don't look maze-like enough to be Daedalea quercina, and noting the white flesh (trama) I'd be inclined to say it could be Daedaleopsis confragosa, but that'd be an unlikely coloniser of an oak's buttress zone (unless it was dead, or on a dead area of the base?). It cannot be Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, because the trama is white and not rust-coloured. Pores are too big to be Buglossoporus quercinus. Could perhaps be Pseudotramates gibbosa, noting the pore layer and trama colour.

 

Do you still have the fungus? If so, some closer images from side on, looking down, looking closer at the pores, tube layer, etc, would be great. Also, was the area of wood it was found on dead or alive?

 

Hi

Thanks for the help, not sure if I can get any more photos, the buttress was live no dead was found, but it could be possible as it was at ground level that there my be some dead material under the buttress may be?

 

Just didn't want to walk away from this tree if it was something a little more concerning

[Kveldssanger]

Unfortunately, I couldn't definitively say what this is. Other users with more experience may have a better inclination, however. It looks like the fungus was perhaps pulled up from the earth, from looking at the second image - maybe some buried deadwood just below the surface. Of course, it could be parasitic, or even colonising upon a dead root tracking just beneath the surface.

[tree79]

Unfortunately, I couldn't definitively say what this is. Other users with more experience may have a better inclination, however. It looks like the fungus was perhaps pulled up from the earth, from looking at the second image - maybe some buried deadwood just below the surface. Of course, it could be parasitic, or even colonising upon a dead root tracking just beneath the surface.

 

 

Very true,

 

Think the fact the trees crown look in good health and no dead/decay was found on the buttress it may just be case of monitoring the tree.

 

thanks for your help and advice

 

 

tree.