Bjerkandera

[flaxton]

I came across a log with lots of Bjerkandera adusta growing but a couple of patches on the top had these outgrowths.


Is this just an unusual pore formation of the B adusta or is it a different species? Can anyone help.

Thanks
Mal

[stickman]

Hi Mal

Could it be Ceratiomyxa poroides (= C.fruticulosa var.poroides)?

Cheers,
Nick

[flaxton]

Thanks Nick your suggestion looked right until I started to examine. A cross section of the firm flesh showed these tubes

I then took a spore print overnight and it produced a lot of white spores

Which are the right size and shape for B adusta. So after all that I think it is just a deformed tube layer of the adusta and not actually something growing on it, maybe because the wood has been moved.

Mal

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Thanks Nick your suggestion looked right until I started to examine. A cross section of the firm flesh showed these tubes

I then took a spore print overnight and it produced a lot of white spores

Which are the right size and shape for B adusta. So after all that I think it is just a deformed tube layer of the adusta and not actually something growing on it, maybe because the wood has been moved.

Mal

But still damm interesting all the same Mal.

Neil.

[stickman]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Thanks Nick your suggestion looked right until I started to examine.

Hi Mal

I should have probably asked what the texture was like before jumping the gun!

Cheers,
Nick