Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore Latest

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore Latest photos taken approximately 2 weeks after the first.  They have grown some since and started to look more like the form they will take.

Definitely a wood rotter with the amount of hollow wood in a couple of the buttress roots.

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

see the first pictures

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

At this stage  this Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore is difficult to identify.  The yellow of the brackets immediately suggests Laetiporus sulphurus, however, the round shape of the brackets is not consistent with other pictures I have taken of this Polypore.

Root Flare behind bracket is hollow

The root flare behind this bracket is hollow.  More or less impossible to spot without the bright color of the bracket standing out against the dark bark of this Oak tree.

Climacodon septentrionalis or Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore

Climacodon septentrionalis or Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore, could definitely be confused with each other

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Robinia

This picture is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Climacodon_septentrionalis_134149.jpg

see more pictures of Sulphur Polypore

To aid identification I have listed these two together as identification may be difficult from ground level especially if its a bright day.

The Climacodon septentrionalis has been inserted from wikipedia.org

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum Archbishops Park

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum Archbishops Park.  A great close up of another very well established polypore, this time right at the base of the tree.

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum Archbishops Park

Laetiporus sulphureus Sulphur Polypore

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore, came across this and thought I'd get a couple of shots because its not like the usual shots I get of this great looking polypore.  

It's larger and flatter than usual, meaning it is older.  This was found on a dead log that had fallen at least 5 years ago.

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore Streatham Common

Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum

Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum caused a stem on this Purple Plum to fail.  The remainder of the tree will have to be felled.

I love pictures of this bracket, they always look so rich and velvety.

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Purple Plum

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Robinia

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Robinia

Laetiporus sulphureus - Sulphur Polypore On Robinia some photos taken the other day, I have seen this fungus on this particular tree for a couple of seasons now.  Love the close up shots, especially the larger bracket that is around 8m up.  The two smaller brackets are near the base of the trunk.

That's all thanks to my Xacti.