Hamadryads fungus diary

[David Humphries]

That does look very interesting, good find.

 

 

£30 - just keeps on keeping on.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

That does look very interesting, good find.

 

 

£30 - just keeps on keeping on.

 

 

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lend it ya after ive read it!

[David Humphries]

That's cooler than a foxs glacier mint.

 

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well today I got out to Whippendell woods for a stroll (bit strange without the mighty buff) but found some cool things as always, this wood is a reliable old girl, always giving.

 

all of these below with the exception of the Armillaria are saprobic, and youll find these commonly in ancient woodland or on older trees in the urban environment.

 

First up is one Just For our Monkey, a geotropic Gano, most likely Applanatum and Ive wanted a sample like this for a while so thats another one off the old wish list. Only cos Im fussy and like "perfect" examples! all the others I had wherent of this quality.

 

Then we have Xylaria polymorpha the dead mans fingers growing on its most common host a beech.

 

next up is a rather lumpless sample of the lumpy bracket Trametes gibbosa, on the same tree as the X. polymorpha.

Some rather nice Armillaria rhizomorphs, on a fallen Sycamore

and lastly some trametes versicolour, AKA tukey tail on a Horse chestnut

Edited March 14, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[David Humphries]

Great shots per usual Tony, Gano's a very good example.

 

 

The rhizo's look like a monchrome London Tube Map

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Todays sample is G. applanatum or more specificaly the Nipple galls caused by an insect, Extract from buglife- Buglife | Welcome to Buglife

 

"The yellow flat-footed fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii) is unique in its ability to cause a gall on the Artist’s Fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) - a fungus commonly found in woodlands on deciduous dead wood. The Artist’s fungus is a hard fungus which grows slowly enough for the fly to lay its eggs and harbour the growth of the offspring before the fungus decays. Because of this it is the only host that can support this insect"

 

If you find these galls, you can be sure the Fungus is G. applanatum and buglife would appreciate records and photos to - [email protected].

 

This is a particulary good example and I assume the wetland environment helps the fly in some way as this site had plenty of it.

 

 

 

This is something to look out for if climbing Ash trees, also chestnuts and other broadleaf genera, evidence of Daldinia concentrica, a sure sign that the section is dead as D. concentrica is a saprobic fungi. Good to note on the rigging specific RA as recomended in the RR668 document!

This cross section is displaying ( dark wedge zones of compartmentalisation according to CODIT - Shigo) the canker forming infection of Inonotus hispidus, AKA the shaggy bracket, another one to be cuatious of particulary on Ash trees.

Edited March 17, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[stevelucocq]

also have u a link to RR668 document?

[David Humphries]

Todays sample is G. applanatum or more specificaly the Nipple galls caused by an insect, Extract from buglife- Buglife | Welcome to Buglife

 

"The yellow flat-footed fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii) is unique in its ability to cause a gall on the Artist’s Fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) - a fungus commonly found in woodlands on deciduous dead wood. The Artist’s fungus is a hard fungus which grows slowly enough for the fly to lay its eggs and harbour the growth of the offspring before the fungus decays. Because of this it is the only host that can support this insect"

 

If you find these galls, you can be sure the Fungus is G. applanatum and buglife would appreciate records and photos to - [email protected].

 

This is a particulary good example and I assume the wetland environment helps the fly in some way as this site had plenty of it.

 

 

Great shots Tony.

 

I was always led to believe that the flat-footed fly was always to be found on G. applanatum as opposed to Adspersum/Australe. TG/Lonsdale etc......

 

However, Neil (Fairplay) over at WAB, gave me this little snippet a few weeks back.

 

".....At the BMS annual fungi foray held in Suffolk last November, we were able to confirm (as had been suspected) that the nipple gall can also occur on Ganoderma australe, so the presence of this gall is no proof of species any more."

 

Wondered what your thoughts are?

 

 

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Edited March 18, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

well Where i see the fly galls, i also find brackets devoid and certain these are G australe. so it might happen, but I have yet to witness it first hand, I guess we should asume they are correct?

[David Humphries]

Think their Id's are based on field scopes looking at pores etc......

 

 

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