Trametes sp;? plus two more for id please

[kiltoncomp]

this was found today on an old conifer stump,
it had been detached from the stump by mowing machine during path clearing work,
it measured 12-15" across and was fused into one body,
is this just an old blackened Trametes versicolor or is it something else, the underside seemed quite fresh and not hard and dry like top surface,


this one was found on a fallen conifer, measures 20mm wide and 15mm tall,
is this just another form of the adjoing fungi also on the log??
it was quite hard and dry



and this one was on the end grain of a very rotten felled birch stump,


thanks,
Brian.

[NickCantle]

The second is interesting me Brian. They look uncannily like spines underneath, in which case (IMO) it is deemed as a good find, unless it's H. repandum which it's quite obviously not

The third looks like concrete

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

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The third looks like concrete

or a Hypoxylon sp. like serpens/multiforme or something similar

Chris

[NickCantle]

Angular and irregular pores coupled with a funnel like structure suggests to me Coltricia perennis, and old ones at that. I'm not sure about distribution on Conifer though.

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

The second is interesting me Brian. They look uncannily like spines underneath, in which case (IMO) it is deemed as a good find, unless it's H. repandum which it's quite obviously not

The third looks like concrete

Here's a better shot of the underside of no2, as you say it does resemble h.repandum , but i cant find any reference to this growing on an actual wood substrate, nor for any of hyndnellum sp which it also vaguely resembles, i had wondered if it was just an oddly developed body of the more resupinate fungi growing alongside of it ??


no3 is definitely not concrete Nick,
i think Chris is not to far away with H.serpens, the second photo of this one shows it to be more grey than it actually was, the first pic is the more accurate for the actual colour,

any thoughts on no1 ??

[NickCantle]

Not had time to look at number one yet. There is a tooth fungus that grows on wood, though I'm not sure which, I think it may be Pine. Species in hand is Phellodon niger and it is a dark and quite small tooth fungus. Due to substrate, if it was a tooth fungus which it definitely is not, that'd be what I would be thinking along the lines of. Anyway, regardless of my thoughts, it's quite clearly got a porous lower surface- similiar to that of previously suggested Coltricia perennis, but the substrate is an issue

EDIT; Quash my vague suggestion of Coltricia perennis, half due to the substrate and the other half due to my memory kicking in after the post has been submitted. Coltricia perennis most definitely does not dry light in colour. I remember mistaking it for Craterellus cornucopioides at a local patch as it had dried a very dark colour. My apologies.

[mollisia]

Hello,

in my opinion your picture one might be Heterobasidium annosum.
For no. 2 I'm quite convinced that it is Trichaptum abietinum. They often devellop such "stipitate" caps when growing on top of stems.
no. 3 I would opt for Hypoxylon multiforme.

best regards,
Andreas

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello,

in my opinion your picture one might be Heterobasidium annosum.
For no. 2 I'm quite convinced that it is Trichaptum abietinum. They often devellop such "stipitate" caps when growing on top of stems.
no. 3 I would opt for Hypoxylon multiforme.

best regards,
Andreas

Hello Andreas, im happy with your thoughts on no2 being Trichaptum abietinum, on close inspection there is the faintest tinge of purple to the upper edge of the pores, i had thought all along that it might be the same species as the other fungi it was growing with, which although also very old and dried did look to be T.abietinum,in their usual shape and form,

no3 would also seem to be as you say a Hypoxylon sp.

no1 given my recent posts of H.annosum, i dont think that this one is H.annosum, i think it might turn out to be as i originally thought, an old T.Versicolor or similar, here are some more pics which might be of more help
with an id.
showing the top view - an edge view showing how thin it is - and a shot of the pores.



thanks for your views,
Brian.

[mollisia]

Hello Brian,

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

no1 given my recent posts of H.annosum, i dont think that this one is H.annosum, i think it might turn out to be as i originally thought, an old T.Versicolor or similar, here are some more pics which might be of more help
with an id.
showing the top view - an edge view showing how thin it is - and a shot of the pores.

yes, you are right of course. To suggest Heterobasidion was really .... hmmm .... I don't say what ....

best regards,
Andreas

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by mollisia

To suggest Heterobasidion was really .... hmmm .... I don't say what ....

best regards,
Andreas

... a morale booster for the rest of us!

Melanei