I know there’s probably a better community for this, but I’ve got this beautiful fungi growing on a living maple tree in my back yard and I wonder if it’s worth digging out the ladder to crawl up and get a closer look.
I know there’s probably a better community for this, but I’ve got this beautiful fungi growing on a living maple tree in my back yard and I wonder if it’s worth digging out the ladder to crawl up and get a closer look.
The photo isn’t diagnostic on its own, but the top fruit certainly has Pleurotus vibes. The gills, stem, and ridge look right.
Can’t really tell what’s up with that bottom one.
If you wind up taking down a sample, give us a cap view, a look at the underside and stem, and a wider view of the tree for reliable ID. Quick reference here if you want examples: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/57217-elementary-guide-for-mushroom-photography
There was formerly a pretty active mycology community on the mander.xyz lemmy instance, but no one’s rebuilt it since mander unexpectedly went down a while back. (If anyone wants to collab on a replacement instance or comm group, hmu).
Yeah, I know it’s not diagnostic, was more asking if it was worh crawling up for a closer look.
Thumbs up in my book then :)!