Fungal Feeding Frenzy

I'm going for the Arbtalk record - Highest number of fruiting bodies found on a single tree...

Knackered Horse Chestnut on a nearby estate, big cavity on one side where a co-dom pulled out many moons ago, plus wet compacted ground all around.

7 species of fungi chomping away at the (still live)carcass.

Starting at the base:-

Ganoderma applanatum

Xylaria polymorpha

Pleurotus ostreatus

Armillaria mellea

That tree must have done something bad in a previous life, or maybe not, it may actually enjoy being fed upon.

Working my way up:-

Oudemansiella mucida

Bjerkandera adusta

Phellinus tuberculosus (methinks!)

Any challengers????

One more for kicks...

Excellent...I only have to sit at home and nurse my f****d ankle whilst the fungi dance around my 37" monitor....Nice one!

On the plus side there's no Phytophtora.

Interesting...I cant find any helpful info on the Phellinus...maybe was pomaceus in past nomenclature....?

Phellinus tuberculosis is indeed the 'old' synonym for Phellinus pomaceus.

But horse chestnut is a bit an un usual host for it, no?

Phellinus tuberculosis is indeed the 'old' synonym for Phellinus pomaceus.

 

But horse chestnut is a bit an un usual host for it, no?

Where are you gettin' your info Tom....? I cant find diddly squat...even less for pomaceus.....Thanx for posting.

Phellinus pomaceus is listed in Tree Doctor and on some mainly Dutch websites.

It certainly looks like Phellinus pomaceus, but I thought that one only grew on Rosaceae, so manly fruit trees like apple, pear and cherry. I certainly haven't seen it on any other species. I also find that is resembles Phellinus torulosus, which is seen on more deciduous tree species. But here, in Belgium, P. torulosus is apparently very rare. I've never seen one, but hé, who am I?

If anybody has more info on that one, it's more than welcome.