In the woods today

[The BJG]

Found this

Big bugger too

 

 

 

Hope the picture works, 1 st time posting

[The BJG]

Great a few more

 

 

 

 

[RobRainford]

the first one is Ganoderma australe, as you can write on the underneath, in picture #3 it looks like there is also felted beech scale Cryptococcus fagisugi

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

the first one is Ganoderma australe, as you can write on the underneath, in picture #3 it looks like there is also felted beech scale Cryptococcus fagisugi

 

The artists bracket Ganoderma applanatum is generaly the one considered as a writers tablet, but you are right, as this does look australe AKA adspersum

 

The extension of the fruit body in the lower region is not typical of applanatum iether, though never rule things out between these two G applanatum/australe, as they can behave and form much like eachother at times, difficult brackets to seperate unless they are classic formations.

[The BJG]

Only just learning on the fungus really, how long would these have been growing then?

I thought most fungi only lasted a very short time?

[zx6rob]

i think....now dont quote me on this..

fungi all have different properties,some degrade within weeks/months of fruiting like honey fungus.other last years like ganoderma,somtimes you can count the defined ridges on the top as a new years growth forms on the underside.

like image---

 

http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid%20fungi/images/G%20applanatum%20layers.jpg

 

at a guess the last one is 4+ years old,but after the spores have taken hold i dont know how long it takes the fungus to fruit,anyone?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i think....now dont quote me on this..

fungi all have different properties,some degrade within weeks/months of fruiting like honey fungus.other last years like ganoderma,somtimes you can count the defined ridges on the top as a new years growth forms on the underside.

like image---

 

http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid%20fungi/images/G%20applanatum%20layers.jpg

 

at a guess the last one is 4+ years old,but after the spores have taken hold i dont know how long it takes the fungus to fruit,anyone?

 

fungal myceliums can live in a tree for decades before deciding its time to fruit.

 

perrenial fruit bodies tend to be Brackets like the ganos, which add a new layer annualy, the fruit body remains each year and is woody and tough.

 

Andrew cowan made an interesting point the other day, brackets add cells to expand, whereas mushrooms and toadstools are like balloons in that they are already what they are but in a ball like form, then as they are pumped up with water they expand to thier true form.

[Mark J]

 

Andrew cowan made an interesting point the other day, brackets add cells to expand, whereas mushrooms and toadstools are like balloons in that they are already what they are but in a ball like form, then as they are pumped up with water they expand to thier true form.

 

Didin't know that