Hamadryads fungus diary

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 12, 2010

Well Im keeping a good eye on the wood for the foray if nothing else got another soaking this evening but it was half past ieght when i came out so youve probably guessed it was pretty good in there today!

Gutted I missed a gone over Volvariella bombycina which is just a stunner in full glory, also gutted to see even more colybia, and I mean on epidemic levels in my wood now, its not good at all. I also found a rather intersting little bracket of which as yet I am totaly dumfounded, so pics up and update later when I have a posative ID.

first up, the unidentified brackets, acting Endophyticly/saprobic from what I can tell on a snapped prunus avium stem.

next up, went to check up on that little forming fistulina hepatica and got these cracking photos, these should still be viable on the foray along with some others including what looks like a parasitised bracket and looking more like a red brain than a fistulina! :001_cool:

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 12, 2010

Hypoxylon fragiforme- beech woodwart

Meripilus giganteus

Bundle 2 · August 13, 2010

We really must look hard at new ways to protect the root zone within our urban green spaces, we simply have to start paying more attention to the trees we know and love so much. The future of our urban and green space tree populations is under great threat, and if we do not pull our socks up soon we will lose a great many trees.

I totally agree. Ecologically, these are hard times. Despite the successes of the "conservation" uptake since the last ecological white paper (This Common Inheritance: Britain’s Environmental Strategy-1990) also cited by Rackham (A History of the Countryside) pressure continues to be relentless.

edit: Great thread Tony. Thanx for posting!

Edited August 13, 2010 by Bundle 2

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 13, 2010

Hapalopilus nidulans was the unidentified bracket above, David I think this is one of your wish list fungi isnt it? its in WW off the main drag, its still forming so an easy one to get, drop me a line and I will guide you to it! :thumbup:

Well I got back up the wood AGAIN tonight lol, wanted a few better shots of the merip I found and got some other beauties along the way. :thumbup1:

Coprinus disseminatus- the fairy ink cap.

This is a rather pretty little coprinus, one of my favourites, always in large trooping groups as illustrated here, a small shroom no bigger than a little finger nail. Saprobic.

Coprinus miccaceus- Phaeolus shwienitzii- Dyers mazegill

And heres me again, giving some scale to the Meripilus. :biggrin:

sean · August 13, 2010

Hapalopilus nidulans was the unidentified bracket above, David I think this is one of your wish list fungi isnt it? its in WW off the main drag, its still forming so an easy one to get, drop me a line and I will guide you to it!

Well I got back up the wood AGAIN tonight lol, wanted a few better shots of the merip I found and got some other beauties along the way.

Coprinus disseminatus- the fairy ink cap.

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This is a rather pretty little coprinus, one of my favourites, always in large trooping groups as illustrated here, a small shroom no bigger than a little finger nail. Saprobic.

Coprinus miccaceus- Phaeolus shwienitzii- Dyers mazegill

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And heres me again, giving some scale to the Meripilus.

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love that last shot tony.....looks almost prehistoric.....shame you're in it really (i mean that in the nicest possible way!) :001_smile:

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 13, 2010

love that last shot tony.....looks almost prehistoric.....shame you're in it really (i mean that in the nicest possible way!)

Hows this sean? :001_smile:

Bob Rolfe · August 13, 2010

I love these pics hamadryad..... brilliant

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 14, 2010

:scared:Hold tight, were up all night! well i will be posting todays lot! crikey its going bonkers out there! :rock: I havent been home before 7pm for a week, theres just too much to see and capture at the moment, its one of the best seasons ever!

Ive got lots for you to see, lots of things to update personaly regarding some fungi so shall be sharing those as well, Mycos, principal decay fungi, you name we have it today!

More g resinaceums than you could shake a stick at, and as many Rigidiporus ulmarius, one of which is going to have this poplar down any day now. I shot this first image a few years ago, the next image as you can see is now erupting all over the stem and even coming out at a hieght of around 3 metres! :scared: