Roadside Decay

[David Humphries]

One of the best examples of Daedalea quercina I have ever come across.

 

Caught this out of the corner of my eye as I was driving home through Thetford Forest today, back from the Forest Health day at Santon Downham.

 

I've rarely seen it on a wound on the tree, more usually on detached deadwood or fallen trunks.

 

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[Graham]

That last shot of the maze is awesome!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats the way i saw it on my first find! good shots david, the last of the maze with black backdrop is as good a gill shot as one could hope to see.

[Fungus]

One of the best examples of Daedalea quercina. I've seen it more usually on detached deadwood or fallen trunks ...

 

... like this prolific annual and perennial fruiting I found yesterday on a stump of Q. rubra ? Great pictures , especially the last one.

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[David Humphries]

Thanks Gerrit.

 

Your find is quite remarkable also.

 

I wonder if the creaters of the early Labyrinths & mazes got their inspiration from the myco world ?

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

I wonder if the creaters of the early Labyrinths & mazes got their inspiration from the myco world ?

 

Could be, the Genus name Daedalea refers to Daedalus, who for king Minos designed and built the still present labyrinth of Knossos (Crete) with the bull Minotaur guarding it and together with his son Icarus escaped from it using sticks, wax and feathers to make wings from. According to the myth, Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax melted and he drowned in the Aegean See.

Edited October 31, 2011 by Fungus

[David Humphries]

Inonotus hispidus, here on Beech.

 

A seldom noted combination from my experience.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Inonotus hispidus, here on Beech.

 

A seldom noted combination from my experience.

 

 

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That my old buddy, is a fandooby find:thumbup1:

[David Humphries]

That my old buddy, is a fandooby find:thumbup1:

 

Really couldn't believe it as i drove passed, so much so, that I assumed it was Ash.

 

Got down the road a fair bit and it struck me that I knew the road was lined with Beech.

 

Brakes, quick U turn and park up on the verge, 'you' know how it is

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

Brakes, quick U turn and park up on the verge, 'you' know how it is

 

 

 

 

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No i do not know "how it is", are you insinuating i partake in such random behaviour!