Hemp with ID

[kiff]

Hi All

not got a clue what this is but it was just about to be loaded on a lorry with loads of other logs

[SheffieldLass]

Er hmmm don't you mean 'help' with ID?

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Er hmmm don't you mean 'help' with ID?

is this one of those "magic mushrooms" ??

[mollisia]

Hallo,

it the underside of one of those big brackets, like Ganoderma, Fomes or Phellinus. I personally tend to the last two and would say either Fomes fomentarius or Phellinus igniarius. But to be more sure some more detials would be welcome, as information to the host tree and/or possibly another fruitbody growing there and showing the surface.

best regards,
Andreas

[kiff]

yes it sould of been help not Hemp hemps very resistant to fungi so why would it be on the fungi forum

hi Andreas I could only get a snap shot as it was just about to be loaded on to a lorry to go to the saw mill it was on a bit of Beech, there are more logs with the same sort of fungi on but I could not look arond due to the work that was going on,
was told by the manager of the land that I can have a look arond the any time there not working on the land

[Mick_S]

That's funny because my kids use the word hemp to mean not very good, so your title made sense to me, specially as I really am hemp with IDing fungi

Mick

[KeenTeen17]

Hemp is the common name for Cannabis sativa and we all know what that is. Theres a bracket just in the bottom left hand corner that looks very old small Ganoderma like to me.

It looks like your main fungus has been burnt in the bottom left hand corner of it as it is discolouring black. I can also see small black lines in the fungus, which in the case of G. applanatum and australe, running your finger through the pores leaves these lines. Could this be an overturned and very old Ganoderma that its white pores have decomposed into this browny colour. Beech sounds right for the commoner Ganodermas. Also if you havn't noticed theres some Xylaria sp just above the main fungus.

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by kiff

hi Andreas I could only get a snap shot as it was just about to be loaded on to a lorry to go to the saw mill it was on a bit of Beech, there are more logs with the same sort of fungi on but I could not look arond due to the work that was going on,
was told by the manager of the land that I can have a look arond the any time there not working on the land

Seeing that the beech was off to a sawmill, and you say that there were quite a few logs with the fungi on, maybe the beech has been deliberately left to be attacked by fungi, to create the very desirable 'spalted' beech, much prized by cabinet makers. I made a small chest of drawers from spalted beech, it can be a very attractive wood.

The following is quite interesting reading about spalted wood. Seems that leaving the felled logs in a damp shady wood is all that you need to do, which sounds as if that was what they had done.

Forest Industries - The Spalted Wood

Melanie

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Seeing that the beech was off to a sawmill, and you say that there were quite a few logs with the fungi on, maybe the beech has been deliberately left to be attacked by fungi, to create the very desirable 'spalted' beech, much prized by cabinet makers. I made a small chest of drawers from spalted beech, it can be a very attractive wood.

The following is quite interesting reading about spalted wood. Seems that leaving the felled logs in a damp shady wood is all that you need to do, which sounds as if that was what they had done.

Forest Industries - The Spalted Wood

Melanie

That’s a very interesting article Melanie, a bit like Tunbridge ware I suppose,

The “ideal” conditions mentioned in the article would be a little bit unusual in this country , 70 to 90 F is hardly the norm in the uk, but the moisture content of 30% would be no problem, given one of our usual summers

The more I learn about fungi, the more I realise that mankind would be lost without it one way or another, even if its only discussing it on WAB,

Brian

[kiff]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Seeing that the beech was off to a sawmill, and you say that there were quite a few logs with the fungi on, maybe the beech has been deliberately left to be attacked by fungi, to create the very desirable 'spalted' beech, much prized by cabinet makers. I made a small chest of drawers from spalted beech, it can be a very attractive wood.

The following is quite interesting reading about spalted wood. Seems that leaving the felled logs in a damp shady wood is all that you need to do, which sounds as if that was what they had done.

Forest Industries - The Spalted Wood

Melanie

Hi Melanie thanks for the interesting link, and I think your spot on, I know Fountain forestry who manage the land do specialist timber as well as the normal pine, they do tend to stack most of the timber in the woods and leave it over at least one winter take it this is all part of the weathering process, will be going back there on my next day off, this is also meant to be one of the best places near me for fungi with now over 600 hundred recorded fungi in the area so it will keep me busy especially in the late summer and autumn