Big Old Dead Ganoderma?

[KeenTeen17]

Is this an old Ganoderma? I found it next to a big beech log. I know a species ID would be impossible but a genera would be good thanks.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

Is this an old Ganoderma? I found it next to a big beech log. I know a species ID would be impossible but a genera would be good thanks.

Quick KT before Nick get to see this how about a photo of the PORES
But it does look like a Ganoderma

Mal

[leifus]

that was my first thought yes

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Quick KT before Nick get to see this how about a photo of the PORES
But it does look like a Ganoderma

Mal

there were no pores visible. it was such a decomposed specimen. It stunk!

[Morchella]

Mmm, make sure you wipe down that draining board before you do the washing up next

[Chris Yeates]

even at your age KT, life is too short to bother yourself with stuff like this

the clue is in the question - if it's "old" and "dead" don't bother with it - there's plenty of identifiable stuff out there if you look . . .

Chris

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

even at your age KT, life is too short to bother yourself with stuff like this

the clue is in the question - if it's "old" and "dead" don't bother with it - there's plenty of identifiable stuff out there if you look . . .

Chris

i don't entirely agree with you on this one Chris,
it can be helpful to recognise an old species with regard to future finds of the same species and in the same location, same also applies to immature specimens, if you can recognise what they have been/or are to become, you have a better chance of finding and identifying them in the future,(for us not so experianced fungi fans)

sometimes they are too old to identify at all, but still worth making a note of for future reference,(i found my first Laetiporus sulphureas this way), i found an old withered specimen on an oak tree which was too far gone for any sort of id, having made a note of its location, i revisited the site the next year to find a lovely group of bright yellow fungi on the oak,
if i had not made a note of it, i would not have found it at all, being in a bit of an inaccesible and hard to find location,which i do not normally visit,
it taught me where to look for them in the future

Brian.

[solus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

it was such a decomposed specimen. It stunk!

I'll bet you were Mr Popular for taking that one home then!

[KeenTeen17]

this was last year. I was almost late for work bringing this home!

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

i don't entirely agree with you on this one Chris,
it can be helpful to recognise an old species with regard to future finds of the same species and in the same location, same also applies to immature specimens, if you can recognise what they have been/or are to become, you have a better chance of finding and identifying them in the future,(for us not so experianced fungi fans)

sometimes they are too old to identify at all, but still worth making a note of for future reference . . .

hi Brian

I don't disagree with that at all, it's just that if you don't have the characters to ID it I feel there's little point in posting it until you do - or is that just me?

Chris