Found on wood, all for ID

[goosey]

Brackets, crust and slime mould seem to be every where now.
Here are some I need some help with please, they were all found on dead or felled wood.

1. I was wondering if this is an oyster like fungus? They were a sort of cinnamon colour, the largest being around 2.5cm. The cap had a striate and dark edge.(27-11-2009 NPZK)

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2. There were quite a few of these salmon coloured fungi on felled wood in a log pile in the public park. The largest I saw were 13cm across. (01-12-2009)

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3. This interesting furry specimen was on a fallen branch 4cm across. (01-12-2009)

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4. There were lots of large and small patches of these on felled wood. (30-11-2009)

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5. Found on a fallen birch branch, 13cm across.

[bulbosa]

Shirley
My suggestions would be
No 2 Phlebia tremellosa
No 4 Chondostereum purpureum
No 5 Daedeleopsis confragosa

Mal

[goosey]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

Shirley
My suggestions would be
No 2 Phlebia tremellosa
No 4 Chondostereum purpureum
No 5 Daedeleopsis confragosa

Mal

Thanks Mal, much appreciated
I was checking out Chondostereum purpureum and in some references it is that spelling others though, including my Collins has it with a "r "Chond"r"ostereum purpureum, anyone know which is right?

Just ID's for 1+3 to find now - thinking caps on .

[Cybershot]

My first instinct with #1 was to go down the Panellus, Paxillus, Crepidotus route and then an illustration in one of my first noddy field guides had me thinking it was a dead ringer for Phyllotopsis nidulans - Orange Mock Oyster, but that didn't eventually key out. Then a new thread on WAB alerted me to Melanotus horizontalis which could be worth further investigation.

Good luck

David

P.S. In answer to your other query the British Checklist has Chondrostereum purpureum.

[Cybershot]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

Shirley
My suggestions would be
No 2 Phlebia tremellosa
No 4 Chondostereum purpureum
No 5 Daedeleopsis confragosa

Mal

Mine too

[bulbosa]

Originally Posted by goosey

Thanks Mal, much appreciated
I was checking out Chondostereum purpureum and in some references it is that spelling others though, including my Collins has it with a "r "Chond"r"ostereum purpureum, anyone know which is right?

I put it down to my lousy spelling but then I checked and although on the British Checklist it has an "r" in Phillips it doesn't I would follow the checklist and include the extra letter.

Mal

[goosey]

Originally Posted by goosey

1. I was wondering if this is an oyster like fungus? They were a sort of cinnamon colour, the largest being around 2.5cm. The cap had a striate and dark edge.(27-11-2009 NPZK)

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Originally Posted by Cybershot

My first instinct with #1 was to go down the Panellus, Paxillus, Crepidotus route and then an illustration in one of my first noddy field guides had me thinking it was a dead ringer for Phyllotopsis nidulans - Orange Mock Oyster, but that didn't eventually key out. Then a new thread on WAB alerted me to Melanotus horizontalis which could be worth further investigation.

1. Thanks David, I am not sure about Melanotus horizontalis, the images look too scaley, but it is mentioned that the conditions were dry when Digglekens was found, but could be more viscid if wet. It is a shame I have no image of the stipe to see if that is comparable.

Originally Posted by goosey

3. This interesting furry specimen was on a fallen branch 4cm across. (01-12-2009)

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3. I have been thinking about this, does anyone think that there is a possibility that this could be an immature Blueing Bracket - Postia subcaesia?

[bulbosa]

I found a young Postia today and although not quite the same it was close enough to make me think you are probably right.
Why SUBcaesia?

Mal

[Cybershot]

My original thoughts too but I can't recall ever seeing it this fluffy. Have you had a chance to revisit and see how it's developed Shirley?

Mal is referring to the fact that, depending on substrate - conifer or deciduous, there are two possibilities:

Postia caesia (Schrad.) P. Karst., Revue mycol. Toulouse 3(no. 9): 17 (1881)

Boletus caesius Schrad., Spicil. Fl. Germ. 1: 167 (1794)
Polyporus caesius (Schrad.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 360 (1821)
Leptoporus caesius (Schrad.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 176 (1886)
Tyromyces caesius (Schrad.) Murrill, N. Amer. Fl. Ser. 2 (New York) 9(1): 34 (1907)
Oligoporus caesius (Schrad.) Gilb. & Ryvarden, Mycotaxon 22(2): 365 (1985)


Habitat: On dead or decayed wood of conifers. Usually on Pinus sylvestris but also known on Larix and Picea spp. Reported on deciduous hosts but unsubstantiated with voucher material. Rarely on worked wood (decayed planks or fence posts) in outdoor habitat.


Notes: Occasional but widespread. Confused with Postia subcaesia but less frequent than that species.


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Postia subcaesia (A. David) Jülich, Persoonia 11(4): 423 (1982)

Tyromyces subcaesius A. David, Bull. Soc. Linn. de Lyon 43: 120 (1974)
Oligoporus subcaesius (A. David) Ryvarden & Gilb., Syn. Fung. (Oslo) 7(2): 435 (1994)


Habitat: On fallen and decayed wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, often on fallen sapling trunks or thin branches and sticks in old woodland. Usually on Acer pseudoplatanus, Corylus, Fagus, Fraxinus and Salix spp., but also known on Betula spp., Buxus, Populus alba, Quercus, Tilia and Ulmus spp.


Notes: Common in England, especially so in woodland on calcareous soil in southern areas, and in Northern Ireland. Occasional elsewhere. Records on conifer wood are doubtful and possibly all refer to Postia caesia.

[goosey]

Originally Posted by goosey

3. I have been thinking about this, does anyone think that there is a possibility that this could be an immature Blueing Bracket - Postia subcaesia?

Originally Posted by bulbosa

I found a young Postia today and although not quite the same it was close enough to make me think you are probably right.
Why SUBcaesia?

Mal

Originally Posted by Cybershot

My original thoughts too but I can't recall ever seeing it this fluffy. Have you had a chance to revisit and see how it's developed Shirley?

Mal is referring to the fact that, depending on substrate - conifer or deciduous, there are two possibilities:

Postia subcaesia (A. David) Jülich, Persoonia 11(4): 423 (1982)

Tyromyces subcaesius A. David, Bull. Soc. Linn. de Lyon 43: 120 (1974)
Oligoporus subcaesius (A. David) Ryvarden & Gilb., Syn. Fung. (Oslo) 7(2): 435 (1994)


Habitat: On fallen and decayed wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, often on fallen sapling trunks or thin branches and sticks in old woodland. Usually on Acer pseudoplatanus, Corylus, Fagus, Fraxinus and Salix spp., but also known on Betula spp., Buxus, Populus alba, Quercus, Tilia and Ulmus spp.

Exactly - this is why I went for the Postia subcaesia as it ws in a deciduous parkland with no conifers around.
I have actually found a Postia caesia on Yew October 2008.



Sorry David, I haven't managed to get back yet, I found it in the public park and I only go now and then but I will go there on my next trip out.