Hamadryads fungus diary

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i found this during my usual trawling the Internet for interesting stuff, thought it was worth sharing.

 

WoodDecay.pdf

[David Humphries]

Yep, a good staccato reference there.

 

Do you know who penned it?

 

Is it Australian?

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I dont know David, it was just one of them random PDF finds!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well now, today is a good day, all round in fact, the life of a dryad is a good one:thumbup1:

 

A few things are REALY starting to come together for me, and todays posting is a significant contribution to recent events.

 

I went down to Whippendell today to confirm davids sighting of what is for me almost certainly, nah Im 100% its Piptoporus quercinus, but we will wait till kew confirm, just to keep it all legit and above board. This is a significant find, a new site for a UK BAP priority species, and David has my highest respect for its discovery, not least because it helps my case in increasing the protection and profile of this most wonderful habitat.

 

anyways, you lot are only here for the photos! lol so heres the Pipto and a rather strange looking thing up the tree with it, as you can see i was rather excited!

 

i have a few others to ad of various finds, but with this image it all seems rather insignificant!

 

 

 

A Nice laetiporus and a family troop of Ganoderma applanatums on fallen beech

 

 

Also a little group of Colybia fusipes, and the now obvious lean this tree has, interestingly, all the colybia i witnessed today was on tension roots, maybe this is a "lazy rotter" prefering higher cellulose levels in its hosts tension roots?

 

[David Humphries]

Right 'ama, you've just broken the exlusion zone for protected Fungi.

I'm dobbin ya in to the Fung Police

 

 

Was the Laetip on the log next to the Oak with Colybia?

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This beech was looking a bit stressed, on closer inspection it was clear (root image of merripilus adaptions) that it was under a lot of stress, its vitality is waining and I do not know how long she will fight but it is clear she has a battle ahead. Meripilus and ganoderma piefferi. First sighting within the wood boundary of pfiefferi, though it is on a beech outside of the wood in the grove golf course.

 

 

[David Humphries]

Apparantly some nutters going round taking out wedges of interesting fungi

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Pheaolus shwienizii on a veteran Pinus sylvestris, a re fruiting of last years group, higher up the stem this time in one place. it is on eof the few fungi that is as happy in the roots as it is in the stem and higher scaffold areas, a very pretty fungus also known as the dyers mazegill.

 

 

here we have two clumps of Colybia, this time on a beech root, also once again on the tension roots, i am unsure of its affect on fagus as yet, but will keep you up to date with what i observe of the old beeches as and when information comes to light.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Right 'ama, you've just broken the exlusion zone for protected Fungi.

I'm dobbin ya in to the Fung Police

 

 

Was the Laetip on the log next to the Oak with Colybia?

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Funny i said to dad I bet that was our monkey, and also added he should have had the ident without hard evidence!

 

thats two imperfecti fungus now! you toad, now get the hell out of my wood!

 

The chicken was on a fallen DW section next to this oak!

[sean]

Thats a great find.....you must have been very excited David. You too Hama

 

Exactly how rare is it? How many sites has it been found on? Has it been rec orded in Richmond Pk do you know? I'll ask anyway when i'm there the morrow.

 

How is it id'd any pointers just in case.