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21-10-2011, 06:26 PM
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| | | Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
 Can anyone give me an I.D of this huge specimen that was growing at the base of an old oak tree. It was 3ft tall, soft to the touch and pliable but two days later had collapsed..maybe it's weight had something to do with it, not sure. 
But it did give me the chance to photograph the underside 
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21-10-2011, 06:40 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
possibly Chicken of the woods but ive only ever seen one of these so am not an expert  |
21-10-2011, 07:04 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
Looks like Chicken-of-the-woods to me, and its the right host:
Peter
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21-10-2011, 09:39 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
One of the right hosts. 
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22-10-2011, 09:26 AM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
I'm no expert either...just finding what an amazing thing the Fungi Kingdom is! Thanks for your input,
Jean
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22-10-2011, 09:30 AM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
Neil, you said ONE of the hosts...so do you all agree it's Chicken of the woods and if so what other host would it have?...re: my further fungi hunt expeditions!! Many thanks to all for taking the time to reply to my post.
Jean
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22-10-2011, 12:54 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
I often also find it on yew (Taxus) it is thought that it may possibly accumulate toxins from this host:
Leif Ryvarden lists the hosts as:
Quercus (main host)
Alnus glutinosa
Corylus
Fraxinus
Populus
Prunus avium
Pyrus
Robinia
Salix
and additional cultivated trees, and found once in Sweden on Pieca abies
Peter
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22-10-2011, 04:55 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
I've also seen it on Birch and when I reported it on here I was told there were a number of similar records.
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22-10-2011, 05:30 PM
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| | | Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
With the extensive list above I would not be surprised to find it on any tree,
I have not had the time or inclination to trawl through the BMS or ABFG database's to look at all the British records.
Peter
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22-10-2011, 06:29 PM
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| |  Re: Help needed re:I.D for 3ft high fungus on mature oak tree
Great feed back...thank you everyone!
Jean
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