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26-10-2009, 07:22 AM
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| | | Unknown Pink Resupinate
I'm struggling with this one - no microscopy as I left it in situ to see if it developed further but have been unable to re-find it yet! I did wonder about an early stage Chondrostereum purpureum but I've never seen guttation droplets on one before. 
Any help, as always, much appreciated.
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26-10-2009, 10:36 AM
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| | | Re: Unknown Pink Resupinate
I've found this a couple of times recently, and the nearest I can get is Chondrostereum purpureum, which starts out lilac and turns brown. I could be way out |
26-10-2009, 04:21 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Pink Resupinate
Rob
It certainly has a striking colour. Looking through my photo database the only thing I can find that is a similar colour is Postia placenta, but it does not look the same, although it may be at a different stage of development, your specimen does look quite young. Apparently P.placenta grows on conifer wood. I will be interested to know what this is if someone comes forward with a positive ID.
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26-10-2009, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ditiola  Rob
It certainly has a striking colour. Looking through my photo database the only thing I can find that is a similar colour is Postia placenta, but it does not look the same, although it may be at a different stage of development, your specimen does look quite young. Apparently P.placenta grows on conifer wood. I will be interested to know what this is if someone comes forward with a positive ID.
Peter | There is a possibility it was on a Scots Pine stump - there were a few in the field that were felled at the same time as the Sycamore. It was very striking when I first saw it about ten days ago, visible from a long way off despite being so small (c2cm across) which makes it annoying I haven't been able to relocate it yet and examine it under the microscope.
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26-10-2009, 09:42 PM
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| | | Re: Unknown Pink Resupinate
It doesn't look to me like it will be a poroid species, so I don't think Postia placenta is in the picture (so to speak).
It looks to me like typical early stage Chondrostereum purpureum. This can very soon lose much of its bright purple colour, which may be why you haven't been able to locate it again.
The Basidiomycota Checklist notes that Chondrostereum purpureum has been reported on pine. That's what I think it is.
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