Green rot.

[Grooveski]

Every now and then I come across this.

What causes it?
Salt? Some(but not all) of the time it's on fresh(ish) driftwood.
Just the way it's rotting?
Aliens?

 

[Karr]

I have also seen similar, but in woodlands-where the Green Elf Cups (Chlorociboria ) is the culprit. Never seen it as green as your piece of wood mind!

Regards Sparrow.

 

[Toddy]

Wow that's bright It's the green I associate with copper but I have no idea how it got where it appears to be.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Too Much Kit To Carry]

Is it the same green infection that was used in Tonbridge ware??

Phil.

 

[Too Much Kit To Carry]

Just run a quick google search - I'm not shy to admit I find some bushcrafty answers by searching

"The Tunbridge Ware manufacturers had a good selection of local woods available such as oak, holly, yew, sycamore and maple which they combined with a number of foreign timbers and were able to achieve a range of colours including green which was obtained from oak trees attacked by fungus. " from this site http://www.tunbridgeware.org/page2

Prolly a lot more available to answer this but it's bed time

Cheers,

Phil.

 

[xylaria]

Lovely coloured stuff, I did know it was a fungus until i read this thread, and I have never heard of tunbrigde ware.

rogers mushrooms

 

[Grooveski]

Great stuff, thanks for the info.

...and there is a use for it. Was too embarressed to ask.
"Anyone know a use for a crumbling lump of diseased wood".

Such a pretty colour though.

 

[palmnut]

I'd seen it before in the woods on Army training areas. I'd always assumed it was some stray camo paint or something similar.