Oak bracket

Basisdaten

Profile

scientific name: 
Inonotus dryadeus
class: 
Agaricomycetes
family: 
Schizoporaceae
genus: 
Inonotus
alternative name: 
Warted oak polypore, Weeping polypore, weeping conk
fruit bodies: 
The fruiting bodies are up to 60 cm (23 inch) tall.
wood decomposition: 
white rot
attack course: 

The Oak bracket penetrates into the tree at the root and produces a white rot up to the root area.

infested zone: 
trunk base
comment: 

The fruiting bodies do not necessarily appear annually.

recommendation: 

If the tree does not look vital, it should be inspected.