Whilst on the same winter break in East Anglia, Norfolk, last November 2015, as per my previous post, I came across the best example of Oak Bracket I had ever witnessed. This was so large that it caught my eye about one hundred metres' away even before I had got out of the car.
This example was growing on a specific type of oak tree (Holm Oak) and was well in excess of 30 cm across. I went over to take a look and before long a man joined me, a wild life photographer, who had travelled over 20 miles to take a look at this wonderful Oak Bracket. He had spotted it growing some months before and had come to take another look. It was great to stand, talk and admire this bracket with someone who appreciated that we were indeed admiring a very fine example.
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| A very large and superb Oak Bracket |
Description: a very large bracket that grows up to 30 cm across and even up to 15 cm thick. Pale grey when young and turning medium rust-brown with maturity. Though some very mature examples can be black. The outer surface is very uneven and rough in texture and sometimes particularly when still growing the margin edge can ooze rusty-red droplets. These are not always to be seen though. The pores are dirty grey-white and might have patches of rust colour present. Grows solitary at the base of oak trees during the autumn and winter. This is not a common bracket.
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