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Brackets on Chestnut

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  • July 29, 2015 at 4:27 pm #29585
    jimmymac2

      Found on Chestnut (Horse or Sweet) in my local woods in Sussex. Hopefully spores not needed?

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      July 29, 2015 at 8:28 pm #35505
      Chris Yeates

        Hi

        this is Daedalea quercina; generally (as the specific epithet would suggest) an oak specialist; but sweet chestnut often stands in as a surrogate oak – see: http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/FRDBIrecord.asp?strAssoc=Castanea+sativa&strName=Daedalea+quercina” class=”bbcode_url”>http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/FRDBIrecord.asp?strAssoc=Castanea+sativa&strName=Daedalea+quercina. It must have been Castanea – horse chestnut is in a completely unrelated family; and I don’t believe you can’t tell the difference!!! 😮

        cheers

        Chris

        July 30, 2015 at 6:17 am #35506
        jimmymac2

          Hi Chris,

          Thanks for the identification. When I found it I did think the gills looked like Daedalea quercina, but I didn’t realise it wasn’t restricted to Oak. I have found it at this site, about half a kilometre away, on an Oak by the bank of a river.

          Can all brackets be identified without looking at spores or do some need spore examination to be identified reliably?

          Thanks again,

          James

          July 30, 2015 at 7:01 am #35507
          Flaxton
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            Sorry James

            Although there are some that can be identified in the field there are far more that need extra work at home.

            Mal

            July 30, 2015 at 8:15 am #35508
            adampembs
            Keymaster

              jimmymac2 wrote:


              Can all brackets be identified without looking at spores or do some need spore examination to be identified reliably?

              James

              If only microscopic examination of fungi was as simple as looking at spores..sigh :)

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