UK Ganoderma complex

[sloth]

Cheers, the surrounding location looks nice too...

[Jake Andrews]

Is there any form of records in terms of fruiting height and species?

 

Jake Andrews

[David Humphries]

Is there any form of records in terms of fruiting height and species?

 

Jake Andrews

 

Not that I'm aware of Jake, other than personal observations.

 

 

 

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[Jake Andrews]

Not that I'm aware of Jake, other than personal observations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hmmmmmmmm[emoji848] Its got to start somewhere.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Hmmmmmmmm[emoji848] Its got to start somewhere.

 

Sorry Jake, do you mean to star recording the heights of fruiting of various fungal species, or are you referring to where the colonisation starts from?

 

 

 

 

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[Jake Andrews]

Sorry Jake, do you mean to star recording the heights of fruiting of various fungal species, or are you referring to where the colonisation starts from?

 

 

 

 

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Sorry I was poorly trying to say that records need to be started somewhere. If the heights were to be recorded, fruiting heights would be the easiest to record and would also encourage more people to add their findings. Colonisation entry is a little harder and invasive to determine😉

 

Jake Andrews

[David Humphries]

Ah right, with you now.

 

I've tried adding 'height found' to fungal data records with the British Mycological Society's FRDBI but it's just not the norm, as field mycologists aren't particularly interested in height of fruiting (not being that bothered would be my take on it) so only host, type of substrata and location tends to get noted in the record.

 

Example;

Fomitopsis pinicola, on/with Fagus sylvatica, dead standing trunk, woodland, 12/02/2016, England, Buckinghamshire, Burnham Beeches, SU95558534, coll.: D. Humphries, id: A.M. Ainsworth, herb.: K(M)203237, Notes: comm.A. Overall, FRDBI Record No.: 2081164, Origin of Record: RBG Kew 'herbtrack' + herb. K (full record data).

 

There was a concerted effort by the London Tree Officers Association Massaria Working Group to include 'height' in the inspection recording sheet for the Massaria database but I haven't come across this level of inspection recording for other fungi or pathogens.

 

https://www.ltoa.org.uk/massaria-disease-of-plane/194-massaria-inspection-record/file

 

 

Would be interesting to know if there is anything out there.

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[David Humphries]

Ganoderma lucidum on oak in Dorset.

looks to be fruiting around dysfunctional areas perhaps caused by historical sheep grazing.

 

 

[Ben Ballard]

Good thread David thought  you might like this Ganoderma resinaceum found on beech 

[David Humphries]

8 hours ago, Ben Ballard said:

Good thread David thought  you might like this Ganoderma resinaceum found on beech 

Hello Ben

 

Fine set of shots, first one is a great contextual image.

 

one from work or a random?

 

 

 

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