Encrusting Fungi For ID Please.

Lancashire Lad · #1 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 04:42 PM

Found today on a small broken & well decayed branch.

Size overall was about 50mm wide by about 300mm long, and about 15mm thick.

.........Side view..................Cross section

Assuming pores would have originally been on underside when branch was attached to tree.

Have no idea what this might be, and any pointers would be appreciated.

Regards
Mike.

diggleken · #2 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 04:54 PM

Mike,
try Schizopora Paradoxa images - looks quite similar with tubes.
Ken

Lancashire Lad · #3 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diggleken

Mike,
try Schizopora Paradoxa images - looks quite similar with tubes.
Ken

Hi Ken, S. paradoxa in both Phillips & Jordan is a creamy colour.

I've just Googled for further images, and they're all coming up cream coloured.

My find was completely reddish brown throughout. No sign of cream colouration at all.

Regards
Mike.

NickCantle · #4 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:16 PM

A thick species of Phellinus?

CapAndBracket · #5 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:39 PM

I would think Phellinus ferreus is the most likely.

Cheers J.P.

Lancashire Lad · #6 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

A thick species of Phellinus?

Hi Nick.

Looking in Jordan, the photo and info for Phellinus punctatus look promising, but that species is stated to be rare, and favouring willow & hazel. (I've no idea what tree the branch was from, but it's predominantly Beech woodland).

None of the other Phellinus photo's I can find look anything like it, but I appreciate the probability of wide ranging variations.

I'll see if anyone else might have a stab it ID'ing it.

Might be one that definitely needs microscopy, but I'd be happy to get it to family level.

Regards
Mike.

Lancashire Lad · #7 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

I would think Phellinus ferreus is the most likely.

Cheers J.P.

Sorry J.P. You posted while I was typing (slowly

) I'll go away and have a look at what I can find for Phellinus ferreus.

Regards
Mike.

NickCantle · #8 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 05:50 PM

Try Phellinus ferreus as J.P says

CapAndBracket · #9 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 06:21 PM

It's just my best suggestion and all the usual microscope details apply.

This is where WAB is so good, when something dosn't look like the one in
somebodys book, believe me i've often thought that (and often still do),
the image looks like the often found P.ferreus fruit body, on under side of
branch, red in colour, pore surface, but sometimes it can appear much
smoother, pinkish grey and in my (limited) experience on hazel trunks, near
vertical surfaces, it will take on a psudo-bracket form trying to form a
horizontal undersurface for the pores.

Cheers J.P.

Lancashire Lad · #10 (**permalink**) 14-01-2009, 06:27 PM

Hi J.P.

The details for P. ferreus, look quite good, apart from saying it favours Hazel. (I've never seen any Hazel in this particular wood).

While looking, I also found P. ferruginosus, which is similar, but favours Beech (this woodland's main tree). The only problem with P. ferruginosus, is that Jordan says only up to 5mm thick - my find was definitely over twice that thickness.

Might be best to log it down as Phellinus Sp.

Regards
Mike.