Rare Fungi

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

F.B.I's most wanted!

 

F.B.I being Fungal Bracket Investigators!

 

So rarities here only, heres a few to get us started, and someone has Hericium erinaceus here so get it in here!

 

Hericium cirrhatus on Fagus sylvatica Ashridge park

Hericium corralloides on fagus sylvatica Burnham beeches

Polyporus quercina on Quercus robur (roadside) radlett in herts!

Volvariella bombycina on Aesculus hippocastinum

Inonotus cuticularis on fagus sylvatica- Burnham Beeches

[western]

wicked pic's mate:thumbup1: have you anymore info on these type of fungi?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

wicked pic's mate:thumbup1: have you anymore info on these type of fungi?

 

what do you want to know?

 

rot type lifestyle that kind of thing?

[Arborist]

How do you come across these????? when I go out looking all i seem to find is the odd Birch polypore or ganoderma!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

How do you come across these????? when I go out looking all i seem to find is the odd Birch polypore or ganoderma!!

 

Practice and knowing ones prey is a big help!

 

Ive been doing this for well over ten years and almost daily I am on the prowl!

 

learn to recognise the habitats, the hericiums will be found in ancient beech woodland, the oak polypore is restricted to a few sites, Windsor is the major one I believe. Volavariella, well so far it seems to be a lover of very old chestnuts (horse)

 

Fungal communities take many many years to build and become diverse, and a great deal of complex and niche micro habitats must be formed for them to thrive, each one has its particulary fancies.

[Arborist]

Im 2 mins down the road from WindsorGP should go and have a walk around on Sunday!.

 

About 5 years ago I was walking the dogs up Queen Anns walk and bumped into Ted Green who was excited about some rare fungi he had found in a tree. The shame was I wasnt in trested in fungi at the time, I cant remember what it was and I could kick my self now!!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Im 2 mins down the road from WindsorGP should go and have a walk around on Sunday!.

 

About 5 years ago I was walking the dogs up Queen Anns walk and bumped into Ted Green who was excited about some rare fungi he had found in a tree. The shame was I wasnt in trested in fungi at the time, I cant remember what it was and I could kick my self now!!!

 

You missed an oportunity like that!

 

words elude me!

[armchairarborist]

think i've seen that last one growing in the passenger footwell on the landy, does it grow on chip wrappers or just beech trees?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

think i've seen that last one growing in the passenger footwell on the landy, does it grow on chip wrappers or just beech trees?

 

I think youll find thats a mould of the pennacilin variety!

[Arborist]

He also saig he had loads of info that he could give me, pamflets etc and to get his number out of the phone book and give him a ring but he never seems to be in, I drive past his house all the time maybe I should knock and see if there is anything I can get involved in?