Bracket with yellow fringe

FungiJus · #1 (**permalink**) 31-08-2010, 01:02 PM

I'm a bit stumped with this one - strange really as I thought it was so distinctive, I'd have no trouble getting an ID from the books when I got home.

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In fact, being so distinctive I didn't bother getting much in the way of information in the field - amateur mistake

, but the bracket was 7" across. Didn't notice any smell, but that's not to say it didn't have one.

Are those teeth on the underside, or just long maze-like gills?

I am thinking now that this may have acquired some sort of secondary infection causing the yellowing

Or is this new to science....

Any help appreciated as always.
J.

NickCantle · #2 (**permalink**) 31-08-2010, 01:51 PM

An elderly specimen of Phaeolus schweinitzii, one would assume!

Nick

solus · #3 (**permalink**) 31-08-2010, 02:24 PM

Ooh, I came across a much older and tattier version - or at least it looks very similar from what I remember - yesterday at Stowe Gardens, in a big patch of rough grass and stump remains where a tree had at some stage been cut to ground level. Mine had a velvety edge.

I can't put my photos on the PC for comparason yet as my hard drive card reader seems to have packed up.

FungiJus · #4 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

An elderly specimen of Phaeolus schweinitzii, one would assume!

Nick

Yes, that would cover it - thanks Nick.
J.

flaxton · #5 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 09:06 AM

Make sure you watch all Phaeolus sites for Pulveroboletus lignicola a very rare species that only grows with Phaeolus.

Mal

cybershot · #6 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flaxton

Make sure you watch all Phaeolus sites for Pulveroboletus lignicola a very rare species that only grows with Phaeolus.

Mal

Thanks for the heads up Mal:

Basidiomycota Checklist-Online - Species Page

Further graphic information on Phaeolus:

Wild About The World - View Single Post - Changes

David

FungiJus · #7 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the info Mal & David - the Phaeolus is growing just near my Amanita phalloides patch and I pop up there occasionally wanting to get some photos - haven't managed it yet, but will check the log it is growing on next time I'm up there - the checklist says it is often found on wood decayed by Phaeolus, and as this one is growing from the log there is just a chance...

Cheers,
J.