Mystery....fungus...egg....stu ff??

[British Red]

Saw this today on a fallen decaying tree

It had the size and appearance of a poached egg

I want to say fungus...but for no good reason

I didn't disturb it as I'm reluctant to damage a fruiting body to slake my curiosity. I guess its pretty distinctive so I thought someone might be able to shed light on it

Red

 

[addo]

Best to see how it develops I guess, May be a type that forms though the year and then over winters.

 

[sapper1]

At a guess is that a corsican pine tree?
If so I saw the same thing in south wales recently I seems to be a kind of resin/latex seeping from the hole on a dead tree.
It's definitely not any kind of fungus but a discharge from a dead tree.I don't know if the recent raise in temperature has anything to do with it.

 

[British Red]

Certainly some form of pine.......fascinating if its sap / resin - never seen the like before!

 

[sapper1]

It seemed to me to be a highly aerated form of resin but had the texture of latex.

 

[forestwalker]

Possibly a slime-mold, but hard to tell. The sap hypothesis is a strong possibility though

 

[Galemys]

I think I know...it´s possibly Oligoporus ptychogaster. Can´t find it on the Rogersmushrooms site though.

It´s very aptly called boompuist in Dutch meaning ´tree pustule´. I have only encountered it once, with a mycologist at my side. This site has some pictures, most of them look a bit more hairy though:
http://waarneming.nl/soort/photos/15753

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Stew]

I just came on to start a thread about a similar fungi I found at the weekend.

I'll post what I was going to put here instead of starting a new one:

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The parents were visiting at the weekend so went out hunting Ancient Trees with the Old Man.
While we were out we spotted this fungi.

At first I thought someone had sprayed expanding foam on the tree as it's very soft and is slightly 'oozing' down the tree.

It doesn't show in the picture but when cut open the flesh is a pale pink (and yes, it looks like a monsters head to me too!)

It has no smell, nor any taste (I didn't taste it but my Dad is a keen Mycologist and old so will take the risk. )

So, anyone know what it is? We presume it's the young form of a fungi but it is like nothing we knew.

 

[Stew]

Oh, and my Dad wondered if it was an early form of Dryads Saddle. I do know where one grows each year so may go see if I can see something like this at that site.

I shall certainly be returning to the one I posted a picture of to see what happens to it (Hopefully it will continue to grow)

 

[British Red]

Whatever it is - I'm certain its the same thing!

 

[BorderReiver]

Don't let this thread disappear folks; I for one can't wait to find out what this is.

One thing though:

"(I didn't taste it but my Dad is a keen Mycologist and old so will take the risk. )

A little less ageism from the young whippersnappers please.

 

[British Red]

It made me laugh

 

[Stew]

Don't let this thread disappear folks; I for one can't wait to find out what this is.

One thing though:

"(I didn't taste it but my Dad is a keen Mycologist and old so will take the risk. )

A little less ageism from the young whippersnappers please.

Tell him that. It's his attitude to it!

 

[BorderReiver]

It made me laugh

Me too (but don't tell him that.)

EDIT: Mine too Stew as it happens.

 

[British Red]

Well, the cognoscenti at "Wild about Britain" have identified it a a slime mold enteridium-lycoperdon. Apparently common on pine this time of year

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/enteridium-lycoperdon

Red

 

[BorderReiver]

Cheers BR.

How "common" can it be if the members of this forum aren't familiar with it though?

 

[British Red]

Well I guess its common to the fungi expert who identified it for me

To me as a mere mortal however........

 

[sapper1]

From the amount of people who have seen it ,it is definitely common but the identification is not.

 

[BorderReiver]

From the amount of people who have seen it ,it is definitely common but the identification is not.

Good point that man.

 

[addo]

Well I just learnt a new one! Dont remember seeing this one before.