mushroom i d help please

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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 15 1:56 pm Post subject: mushroom i d help please
im sure i should either know it or be able to find it but what is it ? tis growing on one of the old apple trees

dpack

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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 15 2:29 pm Post subject:
Inonotus hispidus ,perhaps.

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 15 2:42 pm Post subject:
My guess too is a shaggy bracket , but I am no expert .

dpack

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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 15 4:00 pm Post subject:
thanks,it seems to tick all the boxes for it. pity it turns the inside of the tree to mush as it is a rather handsome beast i spose malic gerontology is another new thing to learn about

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 15 6:27 am Post subject:
Pity it causes rot in the tree. Depending on what the tree is, can you take cuttings and graft them onto a suitable root stock before it falls or dies?

dpack

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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 15 11:43 am Post subject:
there are about 15 more of the same type(newton superb from 2 id's)some of which are very healthy,i recon we take the scions from the best specimens. grafting is planned,it might even make a few bob

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