Help identifying fungus please...

[neilh]

This fungus is growing around the base of a willow tree which is fairly old and has some bark detaching from the trunk. I suspected it may be honey fungus, but there seem to be several types of amillaria classified as "honey fungus" and I'm not sure if this is one of them.
It seems to grow from the roots or the base of the trunk.

The tree seems to exhibit many of the symptoms associated with honey fungus - loose bark, early loss of leaves, dead branches, etc, but then it has always had some dead branches, and it seems to be a year when quite a few trees are losing their leaves early.

Any help would be appreciated - thanks,

Neil

ps this is only my second post, so I hope I've done it correctly

[fairplay]

Hi Neil H,

These may be Armillaria galica, a bulbous type of Honey Fungus, but yours seem rather pale.

What part of the world do you live, as in my opinion, the trees are hanging on to their leaves late this year.

Neil.

[neilh]

This is in Cheshire - many trees seem to start losing leaves early, but then hang on to a few. The willow has not looked all that good all year, but I have been doing work around it so maybe it didn't like the disturbance.....

Neil

[neilh]

Thanks for the info - I think I'll just have to see how it develops next year and hope the tree survives!