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07-03-2011, 03:48 PM
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| | | Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
Please identify, thank you.  |
07-03-2011, 07:09 PM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
Jane
Are you absolutely sure that the tree is Horse Chestnut?
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08-03-2011, 06:10 PM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
Yes sure + it had conkers. |
08-03-2011, 10:03 PM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
Jane
The reason I ask is that not much grows on Horse Chestnut, and it looks to me like Laetiporus sulpureus which can grow on Sweet Chestnut (Castania) but I cannot find any records of this fungus growing on Aesculus. Perhaps others might know better.
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09-03-2011, 06:58 AM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
I can find 5 records of L.sulphureus on Horse Chestnut in the FRDBI National Database (top of page 3), but this is so different I wouldn't want to dismiss this as such - for starters, the fertile underside is wrong and the new bracket emerging from deep inside above the large one is a very grey colour for L.sulphureus.
But what else can it be with that Yellow upper mass ?
We would need to know when the photo was taken, and if you were able to return later and see a greater mass of yellowish brackets.
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09-03-2011, 08:31 AM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
Agree it doesn't look quite right for Laetiporus. Could it be Rigidoporus ulmarius?
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11-03-2011, 09:44 AM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
It was taken late November. It is the same size & shape now but brown in colour. |
12-03-2011, 12:21 AM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
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Originally Posted by Morchella  Agree it doesn't look quite right for Laetiporus. Could it be Rigidoporus ulmarius?
Laura |
It's looking like Laura (Morchella) could be right, and it's the only one I had in the back of my mind, but I didn't want to make this guess because of the yellow upper surface. The overall form seems right for Rigidoporus and it does mature to a more brown colour.
The edge of the bracket can be ochre when young and it's possible the camera sensitivity made it appear more yellow - besides, November would be very late for Laetiporus.
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12-03-2011, 01:57 PM
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| | | Re: Ident of bracket on Horse Chestnut
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Originally Posted by fairplay It's looking like Laura (Morchella) could be right, and it's the only one I had in the back of my mind, but I didn't want to make this guess because of the yellow upper surface. The overall form seems right for Rigidoporus and it does mature to a more brown colour.
The edge of the bracket can be ochre when young and it's possible the camera sensitivity made it appear more yellow - besides, November would be very late for Laetiporus.
Neil. | Yes. Certainly not Laetiporus with those white tubes/pores. It could well be Rigidiporus ulmarius, Aesculus is the tree I most often record this species from but it is uncertain from this picture alone.
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