Essex fungi

[Morchella]

Can anyone help with this Ganoderma ( I think!) found at the base of a live oak tree?







Sorry about the one that's supposed to be of the pores - I was too lazy to adjust the settings.

Anyway it didn't look much like the usual applanatum/adspersum/australe but maybe that's because it had been chucking it down all morning. It does look a bit like the pfeifferi in the A-Z but could it be lucidum?

Next one having checked is almost certainly Exidia glandulosa



growing on an oak twig.

Laura

[Ditiola]

Hi Laura
I have a specimen of Ganoderma resinaceum in my herbarium and it looks exactly like you specimen, so that's my guess.

Peter

[Morchella]

Thanks Peter,

Had another look in Jordans and it seems to fit the bill, I think when I looked at it before I thought the picture showing the flesh was white pores

[Leif]

It's certainly not G. australe or G. adspersum, and I would opt for either G. resinaceum or G. pfeifferi. One characteristic of the latter is a yellow substance that can be scraped off the surface, and yours do show some yellow. I am not familiar enough with these species to say from a photo, and the yellow does look rather like an infection/mould. I think there is also a waxy substance on the pores in winter. If you can get spores, perhaps on leaves or bark beneath them, feel free to send me some, and I can do the honours to check them, though it might be a bit late to get spores.

I have never seen G. lucidum though I doubt it is that. I think it has a narrow point of attachment, unlike your specimens.

I agree with your Exidia glandulosa determination.