fence post fungi

[kiltoncomp]

i found this in clumber park last week ,growing at the base of a fence post,

it was very soft and spongy to the touch(there had been a lot of rain previously) there was no noticeable smell to it ,
i would guess the post to be a pine of some sort,




Brian

[sarah64]

Fungi are such fun when they do things like that. I once saw some oyster mushrooms growing on the back of a wooden sign... brilliant. Hmm I'm starting to sound annoyingly enthusiastic this morning.

Oh yes sorry Brian, I have no clue as to what your fungi is.

[CapAndBracket]

I'm wondering if this is Oligophorus fuliginoides.

Cheers J.P.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

I'm wondering if this is Oligophorus fuliginoides.

Cheers J.P.

Good call JP we found some yesterday I think it is now Postia ptychogaster

Mal

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by sarah64

Fungi are such fun when they do things like that. I once saw some oyster mushrooms growing on the back of a wooden sign... brilliant. Hmm I'm starting to sound annoyingly enthusiastic this morning.

Oh yes sorry Brian, I have no clue as to what your fungi is.

Hi Sarah,
You’re right , fungi are great ,
and Annoying – no!
and Enthusiastic – yes!
And if you are like me ,a very limited knowledge of fungi ,this forum is the right place to learn!!
I just bet some one will come up with an answer


Brian

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

I'm wondering if this is Oligophorus fuliginoides.

Cheers J.P.

Hi J.P
Brilliant! , I think that your are close to the answer there, I did a bit of digging on the web for you suggestion of oligophorus and came up with the following website Polyporales Names

Which put oligoporus as postia and tryomyces , of which postia ptychogaster and postia tephroleuca look to be similar to the one I found,

Don’t know if its close, but it looks right,

Thanks,
Brian

[fairplay]

There always seems to be confusion over the name of this fungus.

We can rule out Oligoporus (Postia) tephroleucus as this is something different.

In the photo shown, it looks like we may have both the asexual stage
Oligoporus (Ptycogaster) fuliginoides which will turn into a brown mass of Clamydospores, and also the sexual stage (on the right) called Oligoporus ptychogaster

It had previously been placed in the genus Postia but from what Mal put in his post, it may be back to being called Postia again now.

Where did you get the info from Mal ?

Neil.

[cybershot]

"Postia ptychogaster (F. Ludw.) Vesterh., in Knudsen & Hansen, Nordic Jl Bot. 16(2): 213 (1996)

Polyporus destructor sensu Smith (1908)
Ceriomyces albus (Corda) Sacc., Icon. fung. (Prague) 2: 24, tab.12 (1838)
Ptychogaster albus Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 2: tab. 12 (1838)
Polyporus ptychogaster F. Ludw., Zeitschrift für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 3: 424 (1880)
Ceriomyces richonii Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 6: 388 (1888)
Tyromyces ptychogaster (F. Ludw.) Donk, Meddel. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijhs Universit. Utrecht. 9: 153 (1933)
Oligoporus ptychogaster (F. Ludw.) Falck & O. Falck, in Ludwig, Hausschwammforsch. 12 (1937)
Ptychogaster fuliginoides (Pers. ex Steud.) Donk, Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 74: 124 (1972)

Habitat: Weakly parasitic or saprotrophic. On decayed wood of conifers such as Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Picea and Pinus spp., usually on decayed stumps. Occasionally clustered around the stems and roots of living Calluna on heathland or moorland.

Notes: The anamorph (Ptychogaster albus) is not infrequent, but the poroid teleomorph (formed on the underside of the anamorph) is more rarely seen."

Extract from the Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

[CapAndBracket]

Nicely referenced matey, i know i should have done the same but have been elswhere downloading anamorph info on other species, (and uploading stuff to an ongoing neuro science disscussion). WAB and the internet in general are brilliant for these subjects but keeping any sense of organisation is not easy.

Cheers J.P.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by fairplay

There always seems to be confusion over the name of this fungus.

We can rule out Oligoporus (Postia) tephroleucus as this is something different.

In the photo shown, it looks like we may have both the asexual stage
Oligoporus (Ptycogaster) fuliginoides which will turn into a brown mass of Clamydospores, and also the sexual stage (on the right) called Oligoporus ptychogaster

It had previously been placed in the genus Postia but from what Mal put in his post, it may be back to being called Postia again now.

Where did you get the info from Mal ?

Neil.

the Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota
but Cybershot beat me to it.

Mal