Fungi on live oak root

[Tom Dunlap]

yesterday I found this fungi growing on the root of a live oak.

Does anyone know what it is?

 

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[SingleJack]

Laetiporus cincinnatus?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

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Laetiporus cincinnatus?

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No...this doesn't have the 'flake' or 'leafy' type conks.

The conk looks more like a bunch of blobs.

The closest one that I've seen is Inonotus dryadeus but I don't see any of the droplets or pock marks on the upper surfaces of the conks.

 

[SingleJack]

I don't know, Tom ... with all due respect, L. Cincinnatus is 'white-ish', loves oak and there is what appears to be the beginnings of a 'flake/leaf/shelf' (or two) in the left center of your specimen as can be seen in your second photo:

I too have seen I. Dryadeus with upper surfaces like this:

Here's a few photo's of 'young' L. Cincinnatus that "looks more like a bunch of blobs" and caused me to offer it for your consideration:

I'm no expert but allow me to suggest that you not completely abandon the possibility that your specimen could in fact be L. Cincinnatus or a variant.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Jack,

Thanks for the 'blob' pics. I'll be monitoring the specimen to see how it matures.

The pics of LC that I saw were 'flaky' not 'blobby'...are these correct mycological terms?!

 

[SingleJack]

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Jack,

Thanks for the 'blob' pics. I'll be monitoring the specimen to see how it matures.

The pics of LC that I saw were 'flaky' not 'blobby'...are these correct mycological terms?!

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LOL ... 'flaky' & 'blobby' are terms for that neighbor you don't like ... LOL!

Actually, those terms are very descriptive. 'Mycologese' is more of a descriptive art than an analytical science. I 'surfed' some mycological glossaries ... didn't find those exact terms ... but did find 'banana' and 'lollipop'. So, sure ... 'flaky' & 'blobby' or whatever gets your description across are as mycologically correct as you need.

I'd love to see some later pix of the mature development. Might I suggest a quarter in the frame to add a sense of scale? It will be interesting to see who guessed right.

 

[Starlet]

Tom I just asked a mycologist, he said it is chicken of the woods....Lait.sulp. I can not spell it.

 

[Starlet]

Laetiporus sulphureus,---brown cubical heart rot with sheets of white fungal growth of mycelia. butt and trunk rot

 

[SingleJack]

Interesting link: both species (et al) are considered Chicken of the Woods - L. sulphureus, L. cincinnatus

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out when the fungus 'grows up'.

 

[guymayor]

wild bet here agrees with tom--a young I.d., based on color and texture and blobbiness.

11/30 well i lose my bet. Herr Keizer's got a good eye for this stuff. He did write the book after all.