Roadside Decay

[David Humphries]

On a neighbouring wood across the road from one of our sites.

 

Armillaria mellea on Lime, in what can only be described as 'Uber Panic Mode'

 

 

 

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[son of a birch]

Am I right in thinking that that is quite high fruiting for Armillaria spp? I don't think I've ever seen it fruit over around knee height. It must be running out of food!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

absolutely running for thier lives! great shots david, crackers

[David Humphries]

Am I right in thinking that that is quite high fruiting for Armillaria spp? I don't think I've ever seen it fruit over around knee height. It must be running out of food!

 

It's certainly the highest I have seen it fruiting from, but would not think it is unheard of.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

absolutely running for thier lives! great shots david, crackers

 

Ta Tony

 

 

nuts aint it !

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ta Tony

 

 

nuts aint it !

 

 

 

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ive seen it in this way a few times:thumbup1: not got such a good documentation of it though, this ones first class me old mucka:thumbup:

[Fungus]

Quite a sight . And did you notice the massive production of spores "powdering" underneath the gills of other FB's standing caps white ?

[David Humphries]

Quite a sight . And did you notice the massive production of spores "powdering" underneath the gills of other FB's standing caps white ?

 

 

Gerrit, I saw/see the classic Armillaria white dusting, but which particular shot(s) do you refer?

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

the classic Armillaria dusting, but which particular shot(s) do you refer?

 

Shots 4 and 7.

[David Humphries]

Shots 4 and 7.

 

Yes, and it reinforced the process (in my mind at the time) of noting the spore colour early on during identification (as you eluded to with the Californian fung from the other day)

 

 

 

 

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