woodstore fungi

[armchairarborist]

few i found and can't id, there's the obvious ones and some i've not seen before, check out the seethru one hiding in the last pic, its a store i havn't emtied for 3yrs, finally ran out of seasoned wood in usual stores and fallen back onto these, the store is damp underneath and the pallets had rotted through..Ed

 

 

[David Humphries]

look to be candle snuff - Xylaria hypoxylon, for the spindly white ones.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats the only one im sure of too! that furry blighter looks interesting, maybe some form of mould?

[armchairarborist]

could be mould.. seems to like leylandii bark though, would the xylaria be as long as they are because they are searching for light? do fb's search for light?

[David Humphries]

Wouldn't really look at fungi as being phototropic, they are more associated with being geotropic.

 

X. hypoxylon can grow to between 3 -7 cms.

 

How long do you think your ones are?

 

 

 

 

 

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[armchairarborist]

:001_smile:some of them longer ones are pushing 10-13cm, i've not seen them that long before, what a way to treat firewood, the amount of powdery white spores coming off them was amazing when knocked

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Wouldn't really look at fungi as being phototropic, they are more associated with being geotropic.

 

X. hypoxylon can grow to between 3 -7 cms.

 

How long do you think your ones are?

 

 

 

 

 

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I think also that fungi are more geotropic than photo responsive but I do see fungi stretching out for a reason, this may be to elivate the spore surface to a breeze rather than being tucked away in a sheltered position.

 

so maybe the are aerotropic?

[armchairarborist]

do fb's occur in the dark? saw a pic on here of some chinese fungi food, can't remember what sort but they were really elongated, could they be searching for light or as hamadryad said..maybe they are aerotropic?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

do fb's occur in the dark? saw a pic on here of some chinese fungi food, can't remember what sort but they were really elongated, could they be searching for light or as hamadryad said..maybe they are aerotropic?

 

I wondered about that EXACT same thing earlier after reading these posts!

 

It isnt a clear cut thing is it!

 

They say grown in the dark to "force them" up which you do with vegatables like ruhbarb, but I dont see fungi needing light, only heat water and substrate so who knows? I will ask Alan when i get the chance!