Horseshoe fungus???
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I don't think its a horses hoof, it doesn't look tall enough,
But it might be an Artists Conk fungus. Both types usually have some trama/amadou making them usefull. If you can get a piece off without denuding the area, try drying a piece and experiment. I found one once and while the amadou didn't yeild a huge amount, the dried spore tubes make great ember extenders.
ATB
Ogri the trog
But it might be an Artists Conk fungus. Both types usually have some trama/amadou making them usefull. If you can get a piece off without denuding the area, try drying a piece and experiment. I found one once and while the amadou didn't yeild a huge amount, the dried spore tubes make great ember extenders.
ATB
Ogri the trog
Firstly please excuse spelling, havent got me book.
Its not horses hoof fungus - Fomes fomentidus, It rearly does look like a horses hoof, Good to have common names sometimes.
The tree looks a bit like Oak, if so i'd say Beef steak fungus - Fistulina hepatica, hard to tell when their older tho. When new in the year they look like a blue steak sandwiched between layers of bark. Not sure about trama layer type.
There are several types of Ganoderma which grow on Oak. One of them looks simarler to the first picture, but they have a white soft pore area underneath.
Two types of Ganodera are good for trama layers that I have tried, applanatum and adspersum One of these is commonly called Artist Fungus cause u can draw on the white areas rearly easily. Ganoderma brackets are big and numerous.
Hope that helps.
Its not horses hoof fungus - Fomes fomentidus, It rearly does look like a horses hoof, Good to have common names sometimes.
The tree looks a bit like Oak, if so i'd say Beef steak fungus - Fistulina hepatica, hard to tell when their older tho. When new in the year they look like a blue steak sandwiched between layers of bark. Not sure about trama layer type.
There are several types of Ganoderma which grow on Oak. One of them looks simarler to the first picture, but they have a white soft pore area underneath.
Two types of Ganodera are good for trama layers that I have tried, applanatum and adspersum One of these is commonly called Artist Fungus cause u can draw on the white areas rearly easily. Ganoderma brackets are big and numerous.
Hope that helps.
Hi guys,
Firstly sorry for the poor pics and poor quality of the specimen is this a horseshoe fungus or am i yet again sadly mistaken?
cheers guys
Looks a bit like the one pictued below but maybe a bit younger.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30021&highlight=horses+hoof
I havent a clue either. There are lots of ideas, but googling the names ive had, it doesnt seem to look like any of them. I think its age and condition are hindering me.
This fungus is definately not beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) it has no similar properties, it also is almost certainly not a ganoderma as they tend to cause white rot and from the background of the picture it looks as though the tree has brown cubicle rot. The Horse hoof or Horse shoe fungus has a perennial fruiting body and each year it adds a new layer, therefore younger bodies don't have to be as tall. (Beefsteak fungus is an annual and drops off after a few months) It looks similar to the Artists conk fungus but obviously from the photo you can't tell how hard or soft it is, artist's fungus is so called because it changes colour when scratched and can be drawn with so this is a good test if you think it is.
A good book to get for mushroom identification is the Collins book 'Mushrooms'. You can get this from any book shop or national trust shop in all different sizes (around £3 on amazon)
so in conclusion... find out the properties of horse hoof fungus (ie. tinder, perennial, brown rot) and test it out on it next time you see some!
A good book to get for mushroom identification is the Collins book 'Mushrooms'. You can get this from any book shop or national trust shop in all different sizes (around £3 on amazon)
so in conclusion... find out the properties of horse hoof fungus (ie. tinder, perennial, brown rot) and test it out on it next time you see some!
Hello there all, first ever post so I hope I don't make a hash of it!
I'm almost certain Its a type of horses hoof fungus (Fomes Fomentarius), the principal fungus for making amadou. Had a little nose around for lookalikes there's a possibility that it's another fungus called Phellinus Igniarius (no common name) but judging by the shape and colour of the underside and the fact that F. Fomentarius is a lot more common I'd go with that. Either way both can produce amadou and neither is edible.
P.S. When I say inedible I don't mean poisonous... I have been told that there are no known poisonous polypore fungi but this isn't confirmed so please don't try!
Hope that was helpful.
I'm almost certain Its a type of horses hoof fungus (Fomes Fomentarius), the principal fungus for making amadou. Had a little nose around for lookalikes there's a possibility that it's another fungus called Phellinus Igniarius (no common name) but judging by the shape and colour of the underside and the fact that F. Fomentarius is a lot more common I'd go with that. Either way both can produce amadou and neither is edible.
P.S. When I say inedible I don't mean poisonous... I have been told that there are no known poisonous polypore fungi but this isn't confirmed so please don't try!
Hope that was helpful.
Could be a horse hoof or even blushing bracket fungus. I came across something very similar last week but couldnt 100% I.D it.
