Tuesday 5 November 2024

Inonotus radiatus at the Farm Shop

 I walked over to a line of Alders with one noticeably struggling tree in the middle of the line, and indeed there were multiple early fruiting bodies of Inonotus radiatus, (Mensularia radiata) the Alder Bracket, "lumpily" resupinate and quite velvety at this stage, apricot or tan coloured, with limited pore development, the basidiomes forming the typical "ladder" feature up the trunk. The trunk was already splitting and lifting.





The basidiomes are not above head height, and still quite young for the season - somewhat different to the NatureSpot website in these particulars.

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