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OakAshandThorn
16-05-2015, 05:04 PM
OK gents and ladies, I found this earlier in the week growing on a dead, rotten Scarlet Oak. I'm at a loss for an ID, so give me your input :).


http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/DuirOnnCrataegus/Ceardaiocht%20agus%20dulra/IMGP6679_zpso9tqvwir.jpg

Here's the underside...


http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/DuirOnnCrataegus/Ceardaiocht%20agus%20dulra/IMGP6680_zpsq9gvmzrp.jpg

...And the top.
Geoff Dann
16-05-2015, 08:39 PM
Looks like a Ganoderma to me.
OakAshandThorn
17-05-2015, 06:28 PM
Would it be a good fungus to carry an ember with, I wonder?
Geoff Dann
17-05-2015, 07:39 PM
Can't help you with that.

If it is a ganoderma then the best thing to do with it, when nice and fresh, is this:

https://ashleywolff.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/coreycorcoranfungus.jpg