Bracket fungus on an ash tree, St... (C) Robin Stott

SP2965 : Bracket fungus on an ash tree, St Nicholas Park, Warwick

taken 9 months ago, near to Warwick, Warwickshire, Great Britain

Bracket fungus on an ash tree, St Nicholas Park, Warwick

The other side of the trunk shows a long vertical wound, as though the young tree had been split in two and had grown back together, becoming infected during the slow process. Fellow-contributor Mike Richardson quickly emailed me to say "I'm pretty certain this is Inonotus hispidus. It occurs most frequently on Ash, and has a felty brown upper surface [hispid], not hard like a lot of brackets."
Someone has poked a short stick into the fruiting body.

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Grid Square: SP2965, 1025 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Robin Stott (find more nearby)
Image Type ^?: type:close look
Date Taken: Friday, 16 September, 2016 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 14 June, 2017
Geographical Context: Lowlands Park and Public Gardens Suburb, Urban fringe Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms
Place (from Tags): Warwick
Tree (from Tags): Ash
Season (from Tags): Autumn
Subject Location: OSGB36: SP 2926 6515 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:17.0231N 1:34.3500W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SP 2926 6515
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)