small orange fungi for id please

[kiltoncomp]

anyone have any thoughts on what the small orange fungi could be on this very busy oak log? apart from the chondrosterum, there are two more brackets forming on the bottom right of picture that look familiar also,



Brian.

[diggleken]

I'm no expert Brian , but the smaller bracket, bottom left, might be postia caesia if it had a blueish colouration, the other , larger bracket, unsure, the orange stuff could be sulphur tuft just emerging - go back soon to check when grown up?
It is a busy tree isnt it!
Ken

[KeenTeen17]

the purple stuff is chondostereum purpurea - silverleaf fungus

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

anyone have any thoughts on what the small orange fungi could be on this very busy oak log? apart from the chondrosterum

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

the purple stuff is chondostereum purpurea - silverleaf fungus

Your enthusiasm is at record levels mate!

[diggleken]

Nicely done Nick - I didnt like to say anything!
Keen indeed KT!
Ken

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by diggleken

I'm no expert Brian , but the smaller bracket, bottom left, might be postia caesia if it had a blueish colouration, the other , larger bracket, unsure, the orange stuff could be sulphur tuft just emerging - go back soon to check when grown up?
It is a busy tree isnt it!
Ken

Hi Ken, you're right , a return visit is a must ! a busy log is a bit of an understatement, on the opposite side of the log were clumps of what i think were Mycena sp,(well past their best though and hardly recocnisable) and some Stereum hirsutum , and on the very end a large clump of Sterum versicolor!, it will be interesting to see what develops,
I do'nt think the orange one is sulphur tuft though, its much to small and quite unlike any sulphur tuft i've found previously,

Brian

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

anyone have any thoughts on what the small orange fungi could be on this very busy oak log? apart from the chondrosterum, there are two more brackets forming on the bottom right of picture that look familiar also,



Brian.

Hi Brian,

That's a wishful question! Most brackets are more difficult to ID at an adolescent stage than mushrooms, perhaps due to their similarity in this young stage of life. I think you're going to be disappointed mate, because your bracket looks way too immature to identify- Though I will happily be proven wrong

The advantage though, is the extent of the life cycle- in mushrooms, the life cycle isn't so extensive, which leads to decay rather rapidly. On the other hand, brackets tend to be much more weatherproof, resistant to the forces of nature and generally much more substantial to be able to survive longer and form basidiomes that last for long periods of time. The advantage being, you can monitor it for a decent amount of time. Immaturity > Peak of growth > Decay.

Nick

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

anyone have any thoughts on what the small orange fungi could be on this very busy oak log? apart from the chondrosterum, there are two more brackets forming on the bottom right of picture that look familiar also,



Brian.

Hello again,

Just been thinking about your orange ones. They've got a very soft look about them and they look like they're growing clustered. They've got the exact colour of Flammulina velutipes, so definitely worth monitoring. To add, they have to start off this size to reach their full size, and they seem to grow in correct proportion all of the way from adolescence until maturity

Originally Posted by Diggleken

but the smaller bracket, bottom left, might be postia caesia

Hi Ken, this is extremely unlikely to be Postia caesia due to its substrate. Perhaps this is Postia subcaesia (though too immature to say I think) as it's growing on Oak, but the former grows on Conifer wood.

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Hi Brian,

That's a wishful question! Most brackets are more difficult to ID at an adolescent stage than mushrooms, perhaps due to their similarity in this young stage of life. I think you're going to be disappointed mate, because your bracket looks way too immature to identify- Though I will happily be proven wrong

The advantage though, is the extent of the life cycle- in mushrooms, the life cycle isn't so extensive, which leads to decay rather rapidly. On the other hand, brackets tend to be much more weatherproof, resistant to the forces of nature and generally much more substantial to be able to survive longer and form basidiomes that last for long periods of time.

Nick

concerning the two brackets in the bottom left of the picture, the larger of the two looks (at the time the photo was taken)very much like a very young Piptoporus betulinus, of which there are loads about at the moment,but as this is not a birch stump that is definitely not what it is! as Ken says, a return visit is in order to see what develops, its the orange one i find the most interesting and cant wait to see what it develops into,as the mature one will most probably be of a different colour entirely, as for changeablity even the bright purple of the chondrostereum soon becomes a brown to further confuse one,

Brian

[NickCantle]

Keep your eye on it mate- I'm hedging my bets on Flammulina veluptipes