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Originally Posted by juliejam  It was very near the base , i had to pull back some of the hedge row to fit the camera inside. 
Julie |
That sounds a typical habitat for it !
If you ever find anything similar and also large, but with a bright but pale yellowish to apricot-yellowish margin, and growing at the base of Ash trees - that is
Perenniporia fraxinia.
Just said that since a lot of people think that too is some type of
Ganoderma and ignore it !
Not very common but I think may be increasing - I've discovered since we moved here in Sept. last year that it's very frequent in the environs of Yeovil !
The other one to keep ones eye open for is
Rigidoporus ulmarius - forms huge (frequently) brackets right at the base of the trunk of various trees (not just elms as the specific epithet indicate). And easy to identify - looks like a big, pale
Ganoderma but the pore surface is orange to orange-beige in colour !
Nick