Fungi on western red cedar

[CanadianStan]

So I’m pretty astonished to find fruiting bodies on 2 cedars on the same property

green canopies, some butt rot. Any ideas ?

Fungi #1: Growing out of root buttress



Fungi #2: Growing at bisect between root flare and natural grade

 

[evo]

@KTSmith


Just a wild guess but some type of armilaria? It would peek my interest enough to poke around under the bark

 

[KTSmith]

Looks like an Armillaria to me. I'd start with A. ostoyae. Sorry, messing up font size.

A key diagnostic character for the genus is the presence of scattered brown or black hairs on the upper surface of the cap. I think I see them in the image. Not densely hairy, just sparse, scattered hairs.​

 

[CanadianStan]

So I’m pretty astonished to find fruiting bodies on 2 cedars on the same property

green canopies, some butt rot. Any ideas ?

Fungi #1: Growing out of root buttress
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As per @KTSmith , Fungi #1 appears similar to Armillaria ostoyae, as seen below:


Source: http://forestrydev.org/diseases/CTD/Group/Root/root1_e.html

Still researching Mystery Fungi #2

 

[CanadianStan]

I'm not finding much for Fungi #2 ... it appears similar in a lot of ways to ostoyae and other species ... they seem to present in many different shapes and forms but was distinctly different on site. Much larger stem diameter relative to overall mushroom height, more stout

 

[Kyla Watson]

Are they poisonous? What did you do with them later?