The Fung Hunters

[RobRainford]

its a good year too! wrexham, hatfield house with the atf, APF, jonesies show capel arb fest im doing my PTI too this year so really buzzing about this season!

 

I'll get them all but the arb show this year. Better to hold out till the apf anyway. Better show!

 

Can't wait for some of the ATF meets. Sherwood forest is a must too!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I'll get them all but the arb show this year. Better to hold out till the apf anyway. Better show!

 

Can't wait for some of the ATF meets. Sherwood forest is a must too!

 

is there one in sherwood too this year?

[RobRainford]

is there one in sherwood too this year?

 

 

its on my to do list, but its not scheduled anywhere, just a meet up there would be cool!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

its on my to do list, but its not scheduled anywhere, just a meet up there would be cool!

 

aha, the annual foray just might go national! time we ventured further afield:thumbup1:

[David Humphries]

Wasn't quite sure where to put this, it could reside happily in a number of threads including......."rare fungi" & "sometimes you have to look a little closer" etc.....

 

But as it involved AT's most fervant fung hunters I thought perhaps here.

 

 

Basically the majestic pollard in the following shots was unbeknown to either Tony or myself, actually host to a very recently discovered rareity.

 

Phellinus wahlbergii.

 

Who would of thought it

 

Fuscoporia wahlbergii (as Phellinus wahlbergii), on/with Quercus robur, wood inside hollow trunk, parkland with scattered trees, 10/06/2010, England, East Suffolk, Butley, Staverton Park, TM357511, coll.: N. Mahler, id: N. Mahler, conf.: A.M. Ainsworth, herb.: K(M)165828, FRDBI Record No.: 1641340, Origin of Record: RBG Kew 'herbtrak' + herb. K (full record data).

 

 

First two shots courtesy of Neil Mahler

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[Fungus]

Fuscoporia wahlbergii (as Phellinus wahlbergii), on/with Quercus robur, wood inside hollow trunk, parkland with scattered trees, 10/06/2010, England, East Suffolk, Butley, Staverton Park, TM357511, coll.: N. Mahler, id: N. Mahler, conf.: A.M. Ainsworth, herb.: K(M)165828, FRDBI Record No.: 1641340, Origin of Record: RBG Kew 'herbtrak' + herb. K (full record data).

 

Great find of a species I never had the luck of documenting it myself .

[David Humphries]

Great find of a species I never had the luck of documenting it myself .

 

Well, now that Tony & I know of its whereabouts I'm sure we'll let you know if we come across it.

 

 

 

only 7 records of it in FRDBI from the U.k

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well, now that Tony & I know of its whereabouts I'm sure we'll let you know if we come across it.

 

 

 

only 7 records of it in FRDBI from the U.k

 

 

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Now I am annoyed! under my ruddy feet t was! probably not fruiting at the time:001_rolleyes: least I hope not!

[David Humphries]

Now I am annoyed! under my ruddy feet t was! probably not fruiting at the time:001_rolleyes: least I hope not!

 

Check the date on the frdbi record posted above.

 

It was when we were there.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

I was speaking about the new site I visited at the weekend with the guy who found that wahlbergii yesterday, as a result he's gone over there today to see what perenial brackets might be lurking in/on those pollards. Don't think he will be climbing into the hollow pollard tops, perhaps we could do an AT survey in the late summer.

 

Any one up for it ?

 

 

 

 

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