Hamadryads fungus diary

[Xerxses]

I should have stayed longer... Nice stuff!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I should have stayed longer... Nice stuff!

 

Theres always next time xerxses, your always welcome here, at chez hama!

 

next time i will plan things a little better and get more fung time rather than being on the road!

[Xerxses]

Theres always next time xerxses, your always welcome here, at chez hama!

 

next time i will plan things a little better and get more fung time rather than being on the road!

 

I really enjoyed Cutter1s place, coppicing and great treas and quality fungi! And also some great talking in the car.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Right as its getting too chatty and not enough fungi, heres one youll not have seen, least not unless your as far gone as me! and i doubt any of you are as far gone with this rot as i to see these little fellas!

 

clavaria fistulosa!

 

The forest floor is alive, all those dead petioles, leaves and twigs, are literaly crawling with life.

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

next month is the annual meeting of the BMS (British Mycological Society) I would urge all interested in fungi to pay a membership of 28 pounds and attend this meeting, just this meeting alone is worth your annual subscription to the society.

 

Benifits of being a member of the society are many, and with 1000 plus books avaliable at kew to loan for members of the society (held at jodrell kew)

 

Society NewsBBC Saving Species11th October 2010 8:00 PM

The BBC Radio 4 programme Saving Species features a recorded broadcast with Professor Lynne Boddy, President of the British Mycological Society. This was first broadcast on Tuesday 5th October and is still available on BBC iPlayer at BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Saving Species, Episode 23

 

BMS AGM Date: 27th November 2010 Venue: Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond The Annual General Meeting will be held following the Autumn Open meeting of the Society. Further details are available on the Governance pages of the web.....

Edited October 16, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Autumn Open Meeting 2010

New approaches to the study of fungi in the field:

Everything you ever wanted to know but were too frightened to ask!

 

Date: Saturday 27th Nov 2010

Place: Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Time: 10.00am

Organiser: Martin Bidartondo

 

Join us for an exploration of the latest developments for studying fungi in the environment. There will be plenty of time for questions. We will also have an opportunity to visit Kew Gardens at lunch time.

 

10:00-10:20: Registration, coffee & tea.

 

10:20-10:35: Martin Bidartondo, Kew.

 

Welcome and introduction.

 

10:35-11:10: Kabir Peay, Stanford, USA.

 

Kabir is revolutionising the study of fungal dispersal and establishment.

 

11:10-11:45: James Woodhall, York.

 

James develops new detection methods for plant pathogens for the Food and Research Agency.

 

11:45-12:20: Maarja Öpik, Tartu, Estonia.

 

Maarja is pioneering fungal molecular biogeography.

 

12:20-14:20: Lunch break & time to visit the Gardens.

 

14:20-15:05: Three short talks by young Kew researchers.

 

Filipa Cox: On fungi, trees and pollution.

 

Bryn Dentinger: Orchid flowers that mimic mushrooms.

 

Richard Waterman: Codiversification of fungi, insects and orchids.

 

15:05-15:40: Björn Lindahl, Uppsala, Sweden.

 

Björn is a leading expert in forest fungal biodiversity and function.

 

15:40-16:15: Otso Ovaskainen, Helsinki, Finland.

 

Otso is a mathematician and fungal ecologist untangling the metapopulation biology of wood.

 

16:15-16:45: Coffee & tea.

 

16:45-17:30: Lynne Boddy, Cardiff.

 

The Presidential Address: Rotten research.

 

17:30-18:00: BMS Annual General Meeting.

 

A contribution of £5 will be requested (payable on the day) for tea/coffee and subsidising students. If you would like to access the herbarium or the library, you must make arrangements before the meeting. [email protected]

 

Download programme and map :

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I hope many of you will join us, please come along, I would love to see the room filled!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Intraspecific antagonism

 

 

Intraspecific antagonism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well, early doors i was off to cutter1's place for a look at how far developed the hericium erinaceus was, shes put on a bit of bulk now, gone orange! and is looking like its going to be an absolute whopper! whoooooop whhhooooop!

 

The fruit is about 25ft up in this beech, and the estate manager seems open to the idea of letting me reduce her a little in the dormant season as the T/R ratio on this tree is not good, and preservation and continuity of the mycelium within the tree is the name of the game here:001_cool:

 

I also hope with this tree/fungi to do a little research project on translocation techniques of a wild H. erinaceus as apposed to populating the wilds with cultivated genomes.

 

 

If succseful, I hope to try the technique on the rare Piptoporus quercina.

 

I also got over to Knole House and grounds on the way home, thanks for the heads up mr cowen, that was a darn fine call, Fommes a go go!

 

 

Then daedalea quercina on beech (thats a first!)

 

 

and a Phelinus igniarius induced failure of Q robur

 

[David Humphries]

Orange !

 

Someones stuck some candy floss up there

 

 

Do you think it is associated with the core of that old branch occlusion above it?

 

Hope the frost doesn't affect it's developement.

 

Are you going to take spore to other sites?

 

 

 

Daedalea on Beech is a suprising find, had a brief scan through fdrbi & obviously the majority are Quercs, though there is 16 pages 1500 + records

 

Only really checked over the last couple of pages.

 

Does mention a few Kent/Surrey Sweet Chestnut in '08

 

& 1 Fagus in Surrey '07

 

 

Cool find though.

 

 

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