Hamadryads fungus diary

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · February 23, 2011

Really not convinced.

Most of these shots appear to have brown spore.

Where as P.igniarius has white (cream) spore.

What say you ?.

never seen the spore print on igniarius and guess I should have known that, back to the drawing board. :sneaky2:

I think the sooner I get myself a scope the better, the (gano/phelinus) brackets are bitches. :001_huh:

David Humphries · February 23, 2011

I think the sooner I get myself a scope the better, the (gano/phelinus) brackets are bitches.

aint that the truth ! :thumbup1:

We gotta crack the science my fungoid friend :001_smile:

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Tony Croft aka hamadryad · February 25, 2011

With a rise in temps recently I got the elbow grease out and clocked of rapid, a stroll for an hour or so was on the cards, so on my way home i stopped off for a peek in my fave wood, my beloved Whippendell. Its been a while since I visited my arboreal mistress as knowing her so well, and all her moods there really is little I have not seen from the winter perspective. Once it starts warming however, I know she will be waking up and all her most redeeming features will once more shine through.

i really wanted to find a banana crack for the "chatty trees" thread but alas it was not to be, but I did find a few interesting bits and pieces, an epic territorial battle between two ganos on a failed beech for one thing, a new record for G. pfiefferi (now 4 separate colonisations) A solitary Xylaria polymorpha A.K.A the dead mans finger/s. I think the Xylaria may have been WW giving me the bird for neglect this winter!

anyhoos, I suppose you want to see some images.....oh and files unamed to see if youve alll been paying attention:001_tt2: its long overdue you lot started telling me what they are! last image just for david though, the rest of you have no hope!

Edited February 25, 2011 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · February 28, 2011

Im suprised you havent clocked this bracket above david!

i thought it might be usefull in the directory as an old bracket shot!

David Humphries · February 28, 2011

Im suprised you havent clocked this bracket above david!

i thought it might be usefull in the directory as an old bracket shot!

Oh I did, just a bit slow on the return :001_rolleyes:

Good shot :thumbup1:

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Tony Croft aka hamadryad · February 28, 2011

looking at todays finds tells me we are still a little way from seeing the first flush of the major basidiomycetes (higher fungi) but there is at the moment in thes warmish wet weather front plenty to see.

Stereum rugosum, cerocorticium molare, exidia truncorum, trametes versicolour, vuilimenia comedens, phelinus feruginosus and peniophora lycii but which is which i ask you! :thumbup1: