Red Polypore

[CapAndBracket]

Well almost a red polypore,


This slime mould was on the underside of a very rotten (probably Salix) log, the photo is of small piece i took home, it was considerably larger mass left on the log, wonder what will turn up tommorow!

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

Jelly Rot? Phlebia tremellosa...

I'm looking forward to tomorrow too

[CapAndBracket]

Phlebia.sp, is a nice idea, but this is only approx 1 mm thick, not rubbery, a piece on microscope slide just turned to mush, though i didn't learn anything from doing that, i have put this piece in a damp box in the hope of it producing fruit body/s, unlikely as they usually don't like being disturbed. Will try to get back to log next week and see what has happened there.

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

Ah I see.

I'm stumped

See you tomorrow

[Fungus Ken]

As the title of the thread suggests, this looks to me like a poroid species, so it is not a slime mould, nor is it a Phlebia.

I think it may well be a polypore - a poroid basidiomycete - but there are lots of different species in different genera that can look superficially similar and I wouldn't know where to start without microscopic information... which can in any case be very difficult to obtain and interpret from these species.

Sorry, but you have me stumped too.

Ken

[CapAndBracket]

Many thanks for the reply, i will keep an eye on the location when possible and see if anything useful develops, (there are a lot of holes in my knowledge and this site is helping enormously).

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

Phewww

[Leif]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

(there are a lot of holes in my knowledge and this site is helping enormously).

Or maybe it will just make you realise how big the holes are! It does in my case anyway.