ID this fungus and cause.

Eric Frei · 4th February 2007, 02:09 PM

Lonsdale street Ascot - Hamilton, posh suburbs, nothing under $1million there. A few of these around.

Tree is a poinciana (Delonix regina), I think fungi is ganoderma.

Sean Freeman · 4th February 2007, 02:44 PM

It sure looks like Ganoderma applanatum, we've heaps of it up here gets into just about everything eventually. Mt Cootha will do a full id for your client if you wanted..not sure of $$
SF

TreeCo · 7th February 2007, 12:12 AM

My guess the cause is root damage from street work giving the fungi entrance pathways.

mdvaden · 8th February 2007, 05:01 PM

Don't those grow bigger with age?

Someone leaving them alone?

Or are they younger than they look?

Cool looking fungi.

Eric Frei · 8th February 2007, 05:30 PM

This is a half dead wattle leaning over the street and service wires.

Check out the shroom.

9th February 2007, 08:59 PM

Phelinus robusta on the wattle?

Eric Frei · 10th February 2007, 06:24 AM

http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-...s-sp-0221.html

http://www.hlasek.com/phellinus_igniarius_aa6181.html

http://www.fungusfun.com/mushrooms/m...view_album.php

Sean Freeman · 10th February 2007, 08:19 AM

Great links Ekka, trying to get definative id on any fungi is very hard, best we can ganerally do is the family and genus. If you are lucky enough to live in a big city you'll have mycologists at the Uni or research establishments, like Arb people they tend to be obsessive and rarely meet others who share their passion.

We have lots in common they can be really helpful to us and we can often provide them with data they would never get...given the number of times we encounter trees (living and dead) with numerous species of fungi on and in them.

SF

mdvaden · 12th February 2007, 03:24 PM

Ekka...

You've seen my fungi photo collection haven't you?

http://www.mdvaden.com/album_OregonFungi.shtml

I'm still figuring out names of some of them.

Here's one site I like to visit every now and then...

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/mycology

I suppose their team might have some fun adventures researching fungi in the woods.

Eric Frei · 12th February 2007, 03:44 PM

That's an excellent collection you got there.

But I think #1 and #51; #82 and #84 ; #5 and #69; #43 and #44 are same, hmmm trouble with having lil kids is ya play snap a lot. lol

And #61 looks like this Phelinus chap on the wattle in the post above.

Hey, check out this guy I took a pic of today, was growing on/next to a paperbark.

Sean Freeman · 12th February 2007, 08:54 PM

Looks like one of the Amanita genus to me, almost 90% of the fungi we see in Qld with mushroom like fruiting bodoes are mycorrhizal, and the ones that aren't are pretty easy to pick; Amillaria being the obvious stand out. Nice photo

SF

mdvaden · 13th February 2007, 02:23 AM

Nice fat one.

Mushroom photos look very nice with tree bark in the background.

sharpend · 12th August 2007, 10:29 AM

M.D. Vaden of Oregon,name's james A.K.A. sharpend.Just out of curiosity,where abouts in Or.Personally my wife & I are looking to come home soon.My wife is from Chester,Ca. , & Iam from Southerlin,Or. Not trying to pry or anything, just nice to hear a voice from home. Curently we preside in Phili. Pa.. Talk about displacement !

mdvaden · 12th August 2007, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharpend

M.D. Vaden of Oregon,name's james A.K.A. sharpend.Just out of curiosity,where abouts in Or.Personally my wife & I are looking to come home soon.My wife is from Chester,Ca. , & Iam from Southerlin,Or. Not trying to pry or anything, just nice to hear a voice from home. Curently we preside in Phili. Pa.. Talk about displacement !

Whereabouts of the mushrooms in my album

Most were from the coast range in north Oregon along highway twenty six, to Seaside area, and Ecola State Park. Some from the redwood forest.

But if you mean my whereabouts - one foot in southern Oregon, and the other in Washington County on Portland's west side.

I lived in Beaverton for over forty years, with just a quick eight month experimental move to Savannah Georgia with my family. Then we came back to Beaverton. Two years ago, we moved to southern Oregon near Medford. Jacksonville address, but just eight miles up and down the hill, in Applegate Valley:

http://www.mdvaden.com/applegate_valley.shtml

We moved here thinking I'd do easier work. Six weeks of sales made me hurt three times worse, so I started business again, but need a big metro area for my niche. Also, we are too acclimated to the moister weather up north and the culture.

So our house is on the market, and we want to move back to Beaverton, but hopefully Hillsboro next to it, since its closer to the ocean.

sharpend · 13th August 2007, 04:48 AM

Thanx for the reply M.D. Vaden. Darn proud to know ya,kinda.Allways nice to hear a voice from home. Type at ya later. James.

Garry Brockley · 2nd August 2008, 08:08 AM

I went to assess some trees today for the local auth, on the under side of all lower the limbs up to 20 feet, mature aesculus hippocastanum, mature acer pseudoplatanus and a mature quercus petraea this fungus was all over them, it is 4to 5mm across, the area underneath is a foot path 2m wide,then a waterway 3.5 meters wide shallow free running water then a road, any ideas?

Garry Brockley · 2nd August 2008, 08:09 AM

This are flooded heavily june last year for 1 month

willem · 2nd August 2008, 09:10 AM

Hello Galbee,

I just saw your pics and wondered if it realy was a fungus. I'll have to see a close-up but to me it looks like eggssacks ?? (i'm not sure if this is an english word) of a kingamphid ( i'm not sure about this word as well).
I mean the small insects sucking leaves like vampires. The latin name of this specific insect is Pulvinaria regalis.
They are not realy harmful for the trees. I'll get some pics in.
Just found the english name horsechesnut scale

Sean Freeman · 2nd August 2008, 09:12 AM

Good pics willem, yes they look more like scale insects to me too.

Garry Brockley · 2nd August 2008, 09:54 AM

Excellent thank you that is exactly what they look like ive never come across them before so again every day is a school day.

TreeSpecialist · 4th August 2008, 10:33 PM

With the amount of fungal fruiting bodies of Ganoderma visible on Ekka's tree, the real question should be how fast can you remove it.

I try to explain to clients that the fungal fruiting body visible on the outside is an indicator of how healthy or advanced the decay is inside the tree - usually at grade - usually affecting the roots.

A white rot capable of causing the tree to fail at grade long before it dies, ganoderma around here is all the reason we need to remove the tree.

The fruiting body is used by many folks for a variety of remedies.

See Ganoderma Information - Healing Properties of Ganoderma.

It's said to reverse the aging process in humans as well.....

Eric Frei · 5th August 2008, 09:12 AM

Some day I'll have to find that tree again and see what has happened.

treeseer · 5th August 2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TreeSpecialist

I try to explain to clients that the fungal fruiting body visible on the outside is an indicator of how healthy or advanced the decay is inside the tree - usually at grade - usually affecting the roots.

True, all that rot around the major buttresses, chainsaw time.

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A white rot capable of causing the tree to fail at grade long before it dies, ganoderma around here is all the reason we need to remove the tree.

You're not saying that one conk on a big tree would be enough, are you? That would be way extreme; read Schwarze's account. I manage one pecan with 25% circ festooned with ganoderma lucidum conks. Key is, only 2 of the 7 buttresses have it, and reaction wood is forming. It's described in the attached (in which the # of conks was reduced to pass isa review). I do make quarterly visits to the site, for several reasons....

O and good catch on the scale for Galbee; my favorite new gear is a 5x hand lens that lights up when it slides out of the case. $9. at the local drugstore.

Garry Brockley · 5th August 2008, 09:47 PM

O and good catch on the scale for Galbee; my favorite new gear is a 5x hand lens that lights up when it slides out of the case. $9. at the local drugstore.

[/QUOTE]

youve lost me on that one!!!!

treeseer · 5th August 2008, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galbee

O and good catch on the scale for Galbee; my favorite new gear is a 5x hand lens that lights up when it slides out of the case. $9. at the local drugstore.

youve lost me on that one!!!![/QUOTE]Sorry for the vagueness; did not want to hit you over the head with the suggestion that if you'd looked closely (perhaps with a lens to help the aging eye) you'd have seen it was definitely not a fungus.

". Preclude premature preconceptions as you systematically assess the evidence. If you had used your hand lens on those blotches, you would have seen perithecia, openings like pores, not looking like tar at all. The epistemological order is: sensation to perception to conception, also known as: data to analysis to conclusion. We must fit our theories to the facts, not vice versa.”

from the attached

Garry Brockley · 5th August 2008, 10:36 PM

Noted! and thanks for not hitting me over the head with it

That is one of my down falls i dont stand back and think about it before jumping to conclusions, but i know this and im getting better with age should be ok by the time i retire.

i haven't got my lens at the moment (lost) so i have to give things to andy to study but he's away at the moment, so i was jumping in with both feet as usual.

10th February 2007, 06:24 AM	#7
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-...s-sp-0221.html http://www.hlasek.com/phellinus_igniarius_aa6181.html http://www.fungusfun.com/mushrooms/m...view_album.php __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

12th February 2007, 03:44 PM	#10
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	That's an excellent collection you got there. But I think #1 and #51; #82 and #84 ; #5 and #69; #43 and #44 are same, hmmm trouble with having lil kids is ya play snap a lot. lol And #61 looks like this Phelinus chap on the wattle in the post above. Hey, check out this guy I took a pic of today, was growing on/next to a paperbark. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

2nd August 2008, 08:08 AM	#16
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: ID this fungus and cause. I went to assess some trees today for the local auth, on the under side of all lower the limbs up to 20 feet, mature aesculus hippocastanum, mature acer pseudoplatanus and a mature quercus petraea this fungus was all over them, it is 4to 5mm across, the area underneath is a foot path 2m wide,then a waterway 3.5 meters wide shallow free running water then a road, any ideas? Attached Thumbnails __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

2nd August 2008, 08:09 AM	#17
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: ID this fungus and cause. This are flooded heavily june last year for 1 month __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

2nd August 2008, 09:10 AM	#18
willem Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: the netherlands Posts: 187	Re: ID this fungus and cause. Hello Galbee, I just saw your pics and wondered if it realy was a fungus. I'll have to see a close-up but to me it looks like eggssacks ?? (i'm not sure if this is an english word) of a kingamphid ( i'm not sure about this word as well). I mean the small insects sucking leaves like vampires. The latin name of this specific insect is Pulvinaria regalis. They are not realy harmful for the trees. I'll get some pics in. Just found the english name horsechesnut scale Attached Thumbnails

4th February 2007, 02:09 PM	#1
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	ID this fungus and cause. Lonsdale street Ascot - Hamilton, posh suburbs, nothing under $1million there. A few of these around. Tree is a poinciana (Delonix regina), I think fungi is ganoderma. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

4th February 2007, 02:44 PM	#2
Sean Freeman Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,981	It sure looks like Ganoderma applanatum, we've heaps of it up here gets into just about everything eventually. Mt Cootha will do a full id for your client if you wanted..not sure of $$ SF

7th February 2007, 12:12 AM	#3
TreeCo Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 307	My guess the cause is root damage from street work giving the fungi entrance pathways.

8th February 2007, 05:01 PM	#4
mdvaden Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 396	Don't those grow bigger with age? Someone leaving them alone? Or are they younger than they look? Cool looking fungi.

8th February 2007, 05:30 PM	#5
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	This is a half dead wattle leaning over the street and service wires. Check out the shroom. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

9th February 2007, 08:59 PM	#6
mrrecurve Posts: n/a	Phelinus robusta on the wattle?

10th February 2007, 08:19 AM	#8
Sean Freeman Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,981	Great links Ekka, trying to get definative id on any fungi is very hard, best we can ganerally do is the family and genus. If you are lucky enough to live in a big city you'll have mycologists at the Uni or research establishments, like Arb people they tend to be obsessive and rarely meet others who share their passion. We have lots in common they can be really helpful to us and we can often provide them with data they would never get...given the number of times we encounter trees (living and dead) with numerous species of fungi on and in them. SF

12th February 2007, 03:24 PM	#9
mdvaden Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 396	Ekka... You've seen my fungi photo collection haven't you? http://www.mdvaden.com/album_OregonFungi.shtml I'm still figuring out names of some of them. Here's one site I like to visit every now and then... http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/mycology I suppose their team might have some fun adventures researching fungi in the woods.

12th February 2007, 08:54 PM	#11
Sean Freeman Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,981	Looks like one of the Amanita genus to me, almost 90% of the fungi we see in Qld with mushroom like fruiting bodoes are mycorrhizal, and the ones that aren't are pretty easy to pick; Amillaria being the obvious stand out. Nice photo SF

13th February 2007, 02:23 AM	#12
mdvaden Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 396	Nice fat one. Mushroom photos look very nice with tree bark in the background.

12th August 2007, 10:29 AM	#13
sharpend Sappling Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 24	M.D. Vaden of Oregon,name's james A.K.A. sharpend.Just out of curiosity,where abouts in Or.Personally my wife & I are looking to come home soon.My wife is from Chester,Ca. , & Iam from Southerlin,Or. Not trying to pry or anything, just nice to hear a voice from home. Curently we preside in Phili. Pa.. Talk about displacement !

13th August 2007, 04:48 AM	#15
sharpend Sappling Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 24	Thanx for the reply M.D. Vaden. Darn proud to know ya,kinda.Allways nice to hear a voice from home. Type at ya later. James.

2nd August 2008, 09:12 AM	#19
Sean Freeman Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,981	Re: ID this fungus and cause. Good pics willem, yes they look more like scale insects to me too.

2nd August 2008, 09:54 AM	#20
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: ID this fungus and cause. Excellent thank you that is exactly what they look like ive never come across them before so again every day is a school day. __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

4th August 2008, 10:33 PM	#21
TreeSpecialist Mature tree Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 373	Re: ID this fungus and cause. With the amount of fungal fruiting bodies of Ganoderma visible on Ekka's tree, the real question should be how fast can you remove it. I try to explain to clients that the fungal fruiting body visible on the outside is an indicator of how healthy or advanced the decay is inside the tree - usually at grade - usually affecting the roots. A white rot capable of causing the tree to fail at grade long before it dies, ganoderma around here is all the reason we need to remove the tree. The fruiting body is used by many folks for a variety of remedies. See Ganoderma Information - Healing Properties of Ganoderma. It's said to reverse the aging process in humans as well..... __________________

5th August 2008, 09:12 AM	#22
Eric Frei Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,994	Re: ID this fungus and cause. Some day I'll have to find that tree again and see what has happened. __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Palm and Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

5th August 2008, 09:47 PM	#24
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: ID this fungus and cause. O and good catch on the scale for Galbee; my favorite new gear is a 5x hand lens that lights up when it slides out of the case. $9. at the local drugstore. [/QUOTE] youve lost me on that one!!!! __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

5th August 2008, 10:36 PM	#26
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,641	Re: ID this fungus and cause. Noted! and thanks for not hitting me over the head with it That is one of my down falls i dont stand back and think about it before jumping to conclusions, but i know this and im getting better with age should be ok by the time i retire. i haven't got my lens at the moment (lost) so i have to give things to andy to study but he's away at the moment, so i was jumping in with both feet as usual. __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

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