Bolton Abbey Bracket fungi

[black]

Could anyone help me in IDing these bracket Fungi taken at Bolton Abbey May 2006. I thought perhaps Trametes gibbosa but then saw a photo of the rare Trametes Suaveolens in Michael Jordan's fungi encyclopedia that looked very similar. They seemed to have a thinner edge than Lumpy bracket


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[Fungalpunk]

Definitely (Pseudo)trametes gibbosa. I've been mulling over this for ages and opted for Trametes suaveolens. Unconvinced I had a word with Micheal Jordan and sent him an example. It came back as P. gibbosa. which was a surprise. The green alga on the lumpy surface is distinctive and the thinner edge is a late stage and the picture in the book is a new specimen. It really threw me and just goes to show that pictures are sometimes misleading. In fact no picture in a book convinces me of the ID. Another pointer was the fact that an old specimen I had dried out was turned into a pile of granular powder by beetle larvae - another ID feature.

Hope this helps clear things up.

[black]

Thanks FungalPunk for the help, I was musing over the ID for ages. Info from Jordan himself!I agree pictures can be very misleading at times. Cheers

[ecmyco]

It looks like Trametes gibbosa on beech.
Trametes suaveolens prefers willow