behold... the epic fungi thread!

[chris cnc]

Monkey- D im not sure of the species to be honest, the site had a lot of yew though, so it could be a laetep! Cheers

 

some random shots of Polyporus squamosus from yesterday, including some very young examples. I can't turn around without seeing one at the moment, they're just everywhere

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I think its great that your getting out there so much and just "observing" as much as you can.

 

Youll go far young paddawon!

[chris cnc]

the mycelium is creeping into my brain!

[David Humphries]

And im not sure what this one is...

 

there were a couple of loose pieces of this fungi scattered around the area, i originally thought it was polystyrene or something until i found it growing on a log...

 

Any ideas?

 

Looks like old desicated Laetiporus to me. Which goes chalky white.

 

What species is it on?

 

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Chris, here's a couple of old desicated Laetips on Oak, that Tony & I stumbled upon up at Starveton on Thursday.

 

Not exactly the identical form of yours, but you can see the classic chalky white remains.

 

 

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[chris cnc]

ahh right i see where your coming from there

 

do they tend to persist for long then?

 

my laetip pics from the previous page, i found some fungi scattered on the ground in that area which very closely resemble pieces of the old laetip in your pics. i originally thought i had discovered some sort of truffle haha. but oddly they were "on top" of the leaf litter/ substrate, so cant have been that old (quite moist aswell).

 

here's a poor quality pic:

[chris cnc]

some fresh meat!

 

im going to go with Coprinus spp for this one, some sort of ink cap?? not sure.

 

found in sycamore buttress roots amongst leaf litter

[chris cnc]

left out the best pic by accident...

[chris cnc]

and some more random finds- what i think are:

 

Young Pleurotus

not sure?

Exidia glandulosa

... Dunno

Daedalopsis confragsa (cant be bothered to check the spelling)

 

[BenR]

Not exactly epic fungi compared to some of the pictures in this thread but i guess here is as good a place to post as any.

 

Just curios what fungi these are the fruiting bodies of? Im keen to learn some more about this subject. They are both on the same beech tree.

[David Humphries]

Not exactly epic fungi compared to some of the pictures in this thread but i guess here is as good a place to post as any.

 

Just curios what fungi these are the fruiting bodies of? Im keen to learn some more about this subject. They are both on the same beech tree.

 

 

 

Bottom set are Ganoderma applanatum.

 

Top are possibly desicated ones.

 

 

 

 

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