When the woodland floor erupts

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You make a valid point.

 

Although rare, there's has to be more robustus around than the 55 records suggest.

Species data - British fungi

 

But going over some of the others, I also wonder how many are incorrectly identified.

 

 

The Ischno/Gleoe example.

 

Very similar at a visual level, similar host etc......

 

It's relatively easily done.

 

 

With only 5 taxonomists in the Uk.

 

The subject is very under managed.

 

 

 

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One of the reasons i am so keen to go places with the mycology side of arb is that there are so few people out there doing this, it really is a liceance to print your own science! As you say with only 5 taxonomists in the U.K, which i find remarkable given that fungi are probably the most vital organisms on the planet even more so than trees etc, how has this travisty happened? how did mycology end up so underfunded, under valued and so neglected?

 

is it just too wierd and out there as a subject for people?

 

is it not coool enough? i working on changing that and a very large portion of my personal mission.

 

is it too complex, putting folk off? doubt it, the chalenge is the stimulation many people seek out.

 

I dont know how or why this has happened, would I have studied it had i been offered it at school? i dont know is the simple answer, but if it was that or PE i most certainly would have taken the fungal route!

 

One of my pet projects (when i get my 5D) is to approach the natural history museum and the sponsors of the world wildlife photographer competition and get them to include a section entitled "the fifth kingdom" I think this will be a massive way of increasing the awareness of the public to the Mycota. BMS president thought so too:001_smile:

 

it seems the only way into mycology is via medicinal though this is changing with recent discoveries and the cpabilities fungi have for rejuevinating brown field sites and even sites completey ruined by toxic wastes

[David Humphries]

..............back to the fung then

 

Pholiota aurivella on Beech, about three/four days past their prime.

P. aurivella on Plane, a little bit more unfurled than when I posted the other day.

Kretz & Merip on Beech

Orange Peel

Coprinus (possibly auricomus) on mulch

Gymnopylus junonius

Underside of Fistulina

A fine exlposion of Amanita muscari.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Lovely shots, great sample of aurivella too, classic wound eruptions.

[David Humphries]

Cheers T,

 

the aurivellas second eruption really show the decay advancing up the trunk well.

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Cheers T,

 

the aurivellas second eruption really show the decay advancing up the trunk well.

 

 

 

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Ive almost convinced myself now that these aurivellas have a similar strategy to P. squamosus, even liking the same wound type entry and places within the stem/scaffolds. I dont think the rot is as intense as with Squamosus though, the wood tends to be more subtley modified resulting in failure and hence going under the radar for so long.

[David Humphries]

few bits from todays general Funting.........

 

 

Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius (though washed out colour has thrown me a bit here)

Collybia fuisipes on Oak

Chondrostereum purpureum on Birch

Gymnopylus junonius on Horse Chestnut

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Very intersting rootplate David, sapro Rustgill only serving to prove that there is much dysfunction and adaption going on here, beautiful optimisation to compensate for decay.

 

A fine "force cone" if ever i saw one.

[David Humphries]

Very intersting rootplate David, sapro Rustgill only serving to prove that there is much dysfunction and adaption going on here, beautiful optimisation to compensate for decay.

 

A fine "force cone" if ever i saw one.

 

 

 

Structures adapting well, but canopy taint so clever.

 

 

We reduced this one a few months back, due to dysfunction in the crown.

 

 

 

Will be very interesting to see how the flush is next spring.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

having seen many "reductions" go down hill of late im starting to think that it realy does increas the stress, i am going to start being a bit more methodical about recording all the scenarios i see, befor eduring and after.

 

Its funny, just the other day i was walking in an ancient wood thinking that i was begining to understand the "minimal intervention" approach.

 

I know in OUR everyday situations its just not feasable, just that i am beginning to "understand"

[John Shutler]

Its funny, just the other day i was walking in an ancient wood thinking that i was begining to understand the "minimal intervention" approach.

 

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positive non intervention