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21-12-2008, 12:01 PM
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| | | White fungus on Beech tree id
Any ideas on this stunning looking fungus please folks, i only wish i took the time and got a decent photo   |
21-12-2008, 12:09 PM
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| | | Re: White fungus on Beech tree id
Looks like a classic example of Porcelain Mushroom - Oudemansiella mucida to me  nice find!
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21-12-2008, 12:10 PM
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| | | Re: White fungus on Beech tree id
hi
Oudemansiella mucida - Porcelain Fungus (better image than the main one on the A to Z IMHO)
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21-12-2008, 12:41 PM
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Well and truly thirded  |
21-12-2008, 12:43 PM
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| | | Re: White fungus on Beech tree id
Cheers all.
Head must of gone blank on me, i should have known this one. Have come across it on a few occasions. 
While were on the subject of fungi, is this Pleurotus ostreatus?? It grows in ubundance on same tree as the above.  |
21-12-2008, 12:44 PM
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| | | Re: White fungus on Beech tree id
Looks like it Fauna, though a gill shot would confirm  |
22-12-2008, 12:39 PM
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| | | Re: White fungus on Beech tree id
1) porcelain fungus and a very nice one too
2) pleurotus ostreatus but would be confirmed with a gill shot.
looks like you have a nice fungus tree there | | |
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