flipjargendy Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Okay, a friend of mine just found this in his back yard and texted me the picture. He asked if I've ever seen anything like it and I have to say no. He said on a scale of 1-10, the smell was a 3 (he didn't really say what it smelled like). The first thing that came to my mind was that it could be Inonotus obliquus (Chaga) before it forms since it is on a birch tree. I've seen plenty of Chaga, but it is usually how we typically picture it, a hard black thing. The other thing that came to my mind is that it was sap from the tree being injured by bugs or something... then he told me that there was a target on the tree. So there is a bunch of brass in it. I've never seen a birch tree do this before though. Does anyone know if this could be how Chaga starts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 This looks to me like a fungus. But my understanding of I. obliquus is a poroid fruit body that occurs beneath the bark. I have not ever observed the fruit body stage of I. obliquus fist hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Boy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 "Tree slime" or "stump flux". Fusicolla merismoides, various Fusarium species, and who knows what all. I find it on lots of wild grapevines in the spring. More information here, but the picture links don't seem to work right now: http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/2010/04/30/tree-slime-stump-flux-and-microbial-consortia/ and: http://www.dnabarcodes2011.org/conference/program/schedule/treeslime.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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