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04-06-2010, 10:51 AM
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| | | What type of Bracket is this?
Hi, I live in Ireland and the local farmer brought this to me this morning wanting to know what it is. No thought of leaving it on the tree but, hey, welcome to Ireland. So I photographed the top and the bottom.
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04-06-2010, 11:48 AM
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| | | Re: What type of Bracket is this?
I'm no expert but I am fairly certain it is Polyporous squamosus better known as Dryads saddle. BUT as I said what do I know? The other guys will give you a positive ID I am sure. |
04-06-2010, 11:48 AM
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| |  Re: What type of Bracket is this?
Hi Seano
Its a shame it wasn't left on the tree but it looks like Dryads Sadle, (Polyporus squamosus) isn't that a lovely latin name? It's a lovely bracked fungus, and you don't see them so large very often, we found one in Scotland where we were staying on holiday on a farm, showed it to the farmer and he was very impressed, but not his children, they knocked it off with a football!
Never mind at least we are pleased to see one.
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04-06-2010, 01:10 PM
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| | | Re: What type of Bracket is this?
Many thanks for that. Dryad's saddle is such a charming name.
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04-06-2010, 08:40 PM
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| | | Re: What type of Bracket is this?
Yep thats defo a dryads saddle, polyporus squamosus, And as a side note it is quite often a VERY large bracket, forms well on sycamore and chestnut, though also ash beech and ive heard oaks too.
I believe inonotus dryadeus is the "true" dryads saddle, especialy as dryads are from the greek mythology and are usualy know to be associated with Oaks, as well as the latin name dryadeus, and you can sit on an Inonotus dryadeus bracket whereas sit on a Polyporus squamosus adn youll end up on the floor!
but thats just my view on the common name, which is also the pheasants back, which i think is more appropriate.
what do you guys think?
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20-06-2010, 03:17 PM
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| | Re: What type of Bracket is this?
Sorry I haven't answered or joined in on this thread, I have been on holiday to Scotland where the Dryad's Saddle I saw had been knocked off by a football but quess waht it has grown again, and it's huge! There were a lot of Dryad's Saddle fungi in Scotland this year I saw it several places and all of it large too.
I took photos of it but arn't sure how to put them on here, I will check and see if I can.
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