Hey Look at My Crud...

[JD3000]

Thought I'd start a thread for us to post crud you find out and about just to share or to have identified.

Oyster mushrooms I believe, Pleurotus osteatus.

 

[JD3000]

Ganoderma on a declining pear. I'd say G. sessile/lucidum but read about a few that all look pretty similar from afar.

 

[JD3000]

Bacterial ooze of some type.
Pretty stinky with a hint of alcohol. On a Zelkova that had no visible flare on the left side.

 

[evo]

Thought I'd start a thread for us to post crud you find out and about just to share or to have identified.

View attachment 55390View attachment 55391View attachment 55392View attachment 55393Oyster mushrooms I believe, Pleurotus osteatus.

I’d eat em

 

[evo]

Bacterial ooze of some type.
View attachment 55396View attachment 55397Pretty stinky with a hint of alcohol. On a Zelkova that had no visible flare on the left side.

I’d lick that

 

[evo]

Smells putrid, bolted through it. We’ll see

 

[evo]

Don’t know? Ganoderma applanatum and a strip of dead wood on the main stem. Loctus.

 

[evo]

I call her bug, so it counts right?

 

[JD3000]

You can't tell from the pic but HWA in SE Ohio

 

[JD3000]

Box elder

 

[evo]

Oooh

Box elderView attachment 55927View attachment 55928

I wanna slab that and eat off of it

 

[JD3000]

Funny you should mention that. Just ordered my folks a salad bowl of spalted boxelder

 

[JD3000]

kinda like this

 

[evo]

View attachment 55929kinda like this

Looks like it had been used as sacrifice offering bowl! Nice choice for the one who birthed you.

 

[KTSmith]

Lovely bowl! What does "salted" mean in the above sense? Are the black dots Ambrosia beetle tunnels? I reckon they may be the induction stimulus for the red discoloration. I'd be interested in knowing if the red staining will stay red!

 

[JD3000]

Lovely bowl! What does "salted" mean in the above sense? Are the black dots Ambrosia beetle tunnels? I reckon they may be the induction stimulus for the red discoloration. I'd be interested in knowing if the red staining will stay red!

Woops, autocorrect strikes again.
Spalted

 

[KTSmith]

Sorry, I should have recognized "spalted" in there. I usually limit that to wood that is bleached and/or containing zone lines. But I don't know precisely how ace woodworkers use the term.
Thanks for the Morse article, I reviewed an early draft of that one. I have no quibble with it. I've spoken with coauthor Bob Blanchette on that, a real giant in wood decay research. They did isolate specific fungi in the streaks, but they were more the effect than the cause of the staining. Sure, their statement on "nonspecific wounding" is patho-speak for that all sorts of wounding agents induce the same colors. No problem there! I was just seeing those black bits that looked like ambrosia beetle tunnels.
Indeed lovely woodworking!

 

[JD3000]

Yeah wood workers seem to throw around spalting as any kind of discoloration.

I'm told one should get that wood worked and finished quickly as the red can fade rather quickly

 

[JD3000]

Trametes on a borer killed ash

 

[evo]

This is one I’m trying to figure out. I find it only on western hemlock somewhat commonly. I also associate it with stem failures 10-40’ or so. Nearly always occurs on branch stubs or pruning cuts.

I’m leaning that it’s some type of yeast wet wood, perhaps associated with some sort of brittle stem decay.

ANY input is very welcome. @southsoundtree @guymayor @Evan Sussman @KTSmith