Another possible stereum for ID please

[alindsay]

Apologies in advance that I only have this one photo of the fungus. Is it too much to hope it could be identified?

Found in Dec 2011 on a tree stump, probably a Horse Chestnut or some other broad leaved deciduous tree.



Thanks

[Ditiola]

Hi

Andreas (Mollisia) Posed this usefull key last year:

There are three bleeding species of Stereum:
Stereum sanguinolentum on coniferous wood only, Stereum rugosum (ubiquistic on decidous wood) and Stereum gausapatum (quite strictly confined to oak)

There is one yellowing species of Stereum:
Stereum subtomentosum on decidous wood (especially Fagus) and with a often nearly stipe-like point of attachement.

There are two non-bleeding, non-yellwoing Stereum:
Stereum hirsutum on decidous wood of all kind, with distinct orange colours
Stereum rameale on THIN decidous wood, with distinctly greyish colour (like S. sanguinolentum).



Peter

[fairplay]

... and Stereum ostrea jumps up and down saying "Look at me, I'm the first record for England" (single records from Ireland and Scotland)

Neil.

[Ditiola]

Maybee it will be so with 'Global Warming'

Peter

[mollisia]

Hello,

this overview I posted is only for the species of Stereum ss.str. There are a lot more steroid fungi which are in different genera now for this and that reason.
Your fungus is perhaps Laxitextum bicolor, but I fear that only microscopy can tell.

best regards,
Andreas

[alindsay]

Andreas

Is Laxitextum bicolor another name for Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor?

Regards

Alison

[mollisia]

Hello Alison,

no, it is something completely different.
Turkey Tail is a polypore. means it has pores on the underside of its caps.
Laxitextum is a crust, means it is smooth on the underside. Often those crusts don't even build caps, hence the name.

For Laxitextum, I found a description and distribution map here:
http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/wp-content/...uralist43w.pdf Scroll to pages 24-26.

But as I said, I'm not sure IF it is Laxitextum bicolor. But certainly it is no polypore, so no Trametes.

best regards,
Andreas

[Wood Wanderer]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello Alison,

no, it is something completely different.
Turkey Tail is a polypore. means it has pores on the underside of its caps.
Laxitextum is a crust, means it is smooth on the underside. Often those crusts don't even build caps, hence the name.

For Laxitextum, I found a description and distribution map here:
http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/wp-content/...uralist43w.pdf Scroll to pages 24-26.

But as I said, I'm not sure IF it is Laxitextum bicolor. But certainly it is no polypore, so no Trametes.

best regards,
Andreas

Hello Andreas

Just been reading this thread and remembered a photo I took recently in Warwickshire, is this also L. bicolor do you think ? Growing on an old branch, probably oak, in contact with the soil.

[alindsay]

Thanks all for your interest, but since doing a bit of research on Laxitextum bicolor and comparing images and then looking back at other photos I took that day in the vicinity of the fungus in my original post, I am wondering if really this is non other than Phlebia radiata.

Thanks to Peter and Andreas for giving information which has given me ideas for identifying other fungus in my photographic collection.

Alison

[rich ard]

Looks like Chondrostereum purpureum (Silverleaf) to me.
Richard