Hamadryads fungus diary

[David Humphries]

"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"

 

 

 

That is indeed a fine contextual shot.

 

Did you drug the bleeder to get it still enough for a shot

 

 

Here, said galls in formation from the Whip last year.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

So, back to todays finds, I posted Phelinus tuberculosis some time ago showing a brown rotted cross section, now Ive seen this often, even though Phelinus are white rots, and I had my suspicions but never seen the basidiocarps to prove the the second and brown decay fungi. Today my thoughts were confirmed, here we see the brown rotting laetiporus remains (white chalky) and the P. tuberculosis lower right of stem. very common situation on Prunus Pissardiis, especialy stressed st trees.

 

 

A nice brace of G. pfiefferi

 

 

Some old Lycoperdon pyriforme

 

 

The Oak curtain crust Hymenochaete rubiginosa

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just for you David, @ capel we discussed macro/micro pore features of two polypores, P brumalis, AKA the winter poly pore, and P. badius AKA the black foot or bay polypore

 

Here for your visual pleasure, the micro to macro differentiation:thumbup1:

 

 

[David Humphries]

Yep

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

can hear them buzzing from here

 

 

Great troup of saddles, never seen them as numerous

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

can hear them buzzing from here

 

Great troup of saddles, never seen them as numerous .

 

WW is so kind to me:five:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

So is my mate going to label this stunner? what a cracker and as I said it would be, loving the wetlands! in this case the old roots of a long dead oak in the margins of hafield forest lake.

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Tiger Sawgill - Lentinus tigrinus, perhaps

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tiger Sawgill - Lentinus tigrinus, perhaps

 

 

 

 

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a gilled polypore if memory serves me right? funny how it missed inclusion to those books though?