Hamadryads fungus diary

[David Humphries]

Niether had I till then!

 

Im starting to see a pattern with many fungi, there is a lot of fungi interaction involving a little black micro beetle, I see it in polyporus suamosus and laeti others too, shall ident the little critter one day!

 

 

 

Whilst out with the Ivert guy surveying our Monos, he found a good few micro bugs in old Pipto Betulinus.

 

He sucked them up for later Id, think he gave them a name, I'll check me notes. may even have a shot of them, I'll go looksee.

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well as you lot know I am a bit, well... mad for it!.....

 

so i went back for another peek at some brackets all over my favourite wood Whippendell, remember the Hispidus brackets from a while back? Well look at the bad boys now! was a mission after a days graft too, think im getting old!

 

But the bottle of reds open and a chinese is on route so its all good in the house of hama tonight!

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

P. squamosus on Ash pollard G. lucidum on hornbeam

Colybia fusipes on oak -tree with obvious die back.

An emerging fistulina hepatica on veteran oak

Edited August 5, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Will Hinchliffe]

Awsemoe photos!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Inonotus dryadeus- Oak- long term colonisation and managment program in progress

A close up of the fruit body

Another inonotus dryadeus this time outside shps in a busy mall:001_rolleyes:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Another inonotus dryadeus on yet another managed tree! and some laetiporus on an Oak stump, note orientation!

 

Coprinus micaceaus and a massive Hispidus bracket

Yet another dryadeus, lot of it about, more than is suspected, but dont tell anyone or they will all be felled!

Edited August 5, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I know a lot of people are not entirley convinced of the viability of trees colonised by Inonotus dryadeus so Im going to try and illustrate whenever possible just how many Oaks abound with this fungi, uknown for a hundred years or more. till the classic form and language is clear, still highly viable, and productive, not even retrenching just yet and this oaks been living with Dryadeus for a lot longer than ive been around, longer than my father has been around and without doubt also my grandfathers life time also.

 

The elephants foot root/basal flare is absoluley A-typical of the colonisation of inonotus dryadeus, note the forming columns that match the "cone" shaped cavity within.

 

And David, check out that little inosculation in the buttress, we know where we see a lot of that dont we! what a week im having, its like being a kid in a candy store! I love my life amoung the trees, it rocks:thumbup:

 

 

Edited August 5, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

We can see similarities from those of the oak above to that language within this beech, one of the best if not THE best beech i know, riddled with G. pfiefferi and Meripilus giganteus, but happy, healthy and doing just fine.

 

inonotus cuticularis has a different physical effect to these, and i will illustrate that soon, the classic wrinkly sock appearence of those at burnham beeches.

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Awsemoe photos!!

 

Thanks phenom,

[David Humphries]

And David, check out that little inosculation in the buttress, we know where we see a lot of that dont we! what a week im having, its like being a kid in a candy store! I love my life amoung the trees, it rocks:thumbup:

 

What makes you so sure that I be remotely interested in your thread, and even bother looking at it?............Ooooops, busted

 

 

These last posts particularly communicate your thoughts and experience really really well.

 

Nice piece of work.

 

Shots aint too shabby either

 

 

 

 

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