Cannock Chase

[Kat1e]

Some pictures from last week at Cannock Chase.

[monkeypuzzle22]

Have you identified any yet?haha...

[Kat1e]

Lol I know some of them but any info about any of them is appreciated!

[BenR]

The Orange powdery stuff on the tree trunks is Trentepohlia I think... Its an Alga that uses carotene rather than chlorophyll to produce energy from light. It is like a lichen except that it does not have a symbiotic relationship with a fungi. I know nothing about mushrooms and fungi tho! haha

[redmoosefaction]

2nd one, 8th one and 2nd from last, is Morel. Taste's like meat... superb when fresh

[David Humphries]

2nd one, 8th one and 2nd from last, is Morel. Taste's like meat... superb when fresh

 

 

 

2nd, 8th & second last -Phallus impudicus - stinkhorns,

wouldn't eat these ones they'd make you feel rather queezy,

but apparantly if you get the eggs early enough they're edible.

 

 

 

 

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[SJH]

Some nice photos there! its nice at Cannock Chase not been there in years.

[Kat1e]

Thanks bender. The orange stuff was everywhere, I was wondering what it was.

 

The name stinkhorn def. suits those- could smell them long before I saw them, which helped me work out what they were lol.

 

Thanks SJH. I was at the same place last year but didn't get opportunity to look round so much, it's a lovely area.

[redmoosefaction]

2nd, 8th & second last -Phallus impudicus - stinkhorns,

wouldn't eat these ones they'd make you feel rather queezy,

but apparantly if you get the eggs early enough they're edible.

 

 

 

 

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big oops! Suppose it should have a brown cap:blushing: