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Copper beech fungus

chris 997chris 997 Posts: 9
in Problem solving

Hoping to I.d this fungus, thanks.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Possibly a type of phytophthora ?
  • chris 997chris 997 Posts: 9
    Thanks for your comment, yes possibly. I'm struggling to get a definitive answer though, which I really need haha.
    Thanks.

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited October 2020
    Best l could come up with  😁 !  Maybe someone will have a more definite answer  :)
  • chris 997chris 997 Posts: 9
    I'm more than grateful, thanks so much for your input and you may well be correct.
    I'm just hoping for a definitive answer.
    Thanks again.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I might be quite wrong but I'm just wondering... are you positive that's a fungus, Chris?  The little lumps look a bit like scale insects, and there's a particular one specific to beech trees which leads to something called beech bark disease.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    I think the beech scale insects tend to be wooly and congregate in the junction of branches. Try scraping a piece off to see if it is indeed a scale insect infestation. I thought of coral spot as a possible I.D. but that usually only appears on dead brown wood.
  • chris 997chris 997 Posts: 9
    Thanks for your advice, I was thinking coral spot, have a look at this picture....
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited October 2020
    Take a look at Dacrymyces stillatus which is sometimes called common jellyspot, which can be quite variable in appearance:
    I believe these type of jelly fungi only grow on already dead wood, so likely something else killed the twig/branch/tree such as drought, fire blight or phytophthora and this then moved in (if it is indeed that or a related fungus.)  I would cut through a dead section and look to see if there is any dark staining in the wood.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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