fungi for id

[kiltoncomp]

all found on felled logs, after several hours trying to put a name to these, i am back at square one- totaly lost, i get to the point when i think ive id'd one ,then read something else that contradicts my guess, so any suggestions more than welcome,

no1 on the bottom edge of a conifer log, (picture 2 is a piece taken from the main body)



no2 on end of birch log


no3 on conifer log

[KeenTeen17]

1) schizopora paradoxa
2) not sure but looks like a young postia sp.
3) could possibly be another S. paradoxa but not that sure to be honest

[diggleken]

KT looks right with 1.
2 is phlebia tremelosa I think.
3 dont know.
Cheers
ken

[mollisia]

Hallo,

no. 1 is not Schizopora, the pores are way to regular. This should be a resupinate form of a polypore (Polyporaceae), but I don't know which.

no. 2 I have no idea

no. 3 is Skeletocutis amorpha, sure.

bestr egards,
Andreas

[kiltoncomp]

thanks to all for your input, this type of fungi are (to me) the most difficult fungi to even get close to an id,
after looking at hundreds of images, and what seems , miles of text, i'm no nearer an id with any of these
at least Andres has got one id'd for me


thanks ,
Brian

[NickCantle]

I think the reason why the second hasn't had much attention nor response is because it's one that's just too immature to be certain. Many fungi found on substrates like this start to form as white cushions or small porous brackety blobs. Too immature for a diagnosis, but you know what's best Brian, so revisit if you can and keep us posted!

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I think the reason why the second hasn't had much attention nor response is because it's one that's just too immature to be certain. Many fungi found on substrates like this start to form as white cushions or small porous brackety blobs. Too immature for a diagnosis, but you know what's best Brian, so revisit if you can and keep us posted!

i will certainly revisit this one, it has a familiar look to it , but i cant think what or where i've seen it,
the problem for me is that searching through pages of pictures and text is that no two descriptions seem to be the same and i have'nt a clue what i've found) and no two actual fungi of the same species seem to be alike,
i suppose microscopy would be the logical step, but my skills with a microscope are as yet non existent, and where do you find the spores on this type of fungi??
all stuff to be learnt in the future (distant?) and the learning curve just gets steeper

Brian.

[NickCantle]

Well to put a spanner in the works, an immature specimen is unlikely to produce reliable microscopic information. If the fungi is immature in a macro sense, the chances are high of it being immature in micro terms.

I'm unsure how I would get spores from something like that. Probably remove a bit of it and take it home. I'd try putting various pieces of it on slides just to distinguish what could be hyphae, spores and any other characteristics.

Nick