Oak ID

Can you wood ID dudes help me confirm the ID of this Oak Mess? It was dropped right across the street and either way I'm taking some log lengths. Black Oak?

 

Leaves don't look right for black oak. It's a member of the red oak family for sure though. Gooder score take all you can get.

 

Looking like red oak. Take it all.

 

Looks more like plain old northern red oak. A fine desirable firewood.
Black oak supposedly has a rather orange under-structure to the bark.
Those leaves are from that tree ? Oaks usually don't get the ladder fungi growing on them until they've been dead for a while.

 

Fungus could have been on just part of the tree.

 

The gray patches on that limb, what is that? Type of mold or something? I've seen it on several trees down here...

 

it is definitely red oak jrcurto, not sure of the variety though. Great score , grab it all!

 

Lichen (very light green) and moss (darker green). Also looks like it has a touch of the white rot.

 

That part of the tree appears a little punky under the bark, like that portion may have been dead.

 

Yep, I cut one like that, thought it was rotten, be a hairy job, turned out just one spot all the way up and out one fork. Fungus and woodpeckers had been on it, other side still had green leaves. On the left hand side of of the butt, you can see the path
Couple logs show it as well. Still made so great wood.

 

Must be the white rot, where the bark is gone. I've cut and split it and seen greenish brown powder or mold come out around those areas. Thanks.

 

Pretty sure its Hypoxylon Canker. A fungus that generally doesn't hurt a live tree but can quickly form on dead trees or parts of dead trees. I see it on a lot of dead red oak around here.

 

Thanks, I've seen it on red, white and water oak. Dead and dying trees.

 

Lol just call me dense! I was focused on the leaves and then the white rot to the lower right of the large piece. Then I got to examining the cross cut to see if the white rot had progressed far enough to make the piece punky. I read your question and didn't even see the hypoxylon canker fungus on the piece to the left. I can see why they cut this tree down.

Edit: looks like jrider beat me to the punch.

 

Cant say i recall encountering anything like that before. The log pictured is from a 32" DBH pin oak i cut back in early march March. You can see the dead/dying heartwood and the sapwood trying to heal around it. The scar maybe a lightning strike though.

 

i think i have that between my toes. Podiatrist says its from standing in too much wet sawdust! I tried soaking them in a bath made with sassafras extract. It didnt work, but my feet smelled a lot better!