Fungi photo competition- win hamas camera!

[Giles Hill]

These aren't a competition entry, just posting for novelty value as they're the first I've seen in the flesh...

 

Geastrum fimbriatum I believe - looks like I missed their prime by a couple of days.

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 2010 by Giles Hill

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats a flipping good entry giles! nice pics too

[Giles Hill]

Thanks Tony, it's not an entry as mentioned above, just joining in!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks Tony, it's not an entry as mentioned above, just joining in!

 

I dont think you missed thier best iether, you actualy caught them AT thier best:thumbup1: lovely images, and i really appreciate you sharing these:thumbup1:

[Albedo]

This thing so ugly, I only took a picture on the offchance it might get you all excited......I'm going to call it....Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......Hamadryad:lol:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well its a helvella, wether its crispa or not i aint sure, lets get the books out!

 

im supposed to be doing my housework!

 

5 minutes later.... its crispa, nice one, havent got this myself as yet, common too!

Edited October 7, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Albedo]

Thanks for the ID H and glad it was worth posting, appologies for the cheeky joke, don't know what came over me.

 

That's Sweet Chestnut litter around it which will give you the scale, one more showing the stipe while I'm here.

[Matthew Arnold]

Very young Dryad's Saddle(Polyporus squamosus) growing from Ash stump. Tree was felled due to large "sucker" limb growing from base and undermined root plate (Rabbits and old Badger Sett) and a 12 tier Dryad's Saddle growing from its rear. This picture was taken 2 years after the tree was felled to see how much the fungi had changed since the tree was felled. The First set of pictures are of the young fungi. The second set are of the fungi taken about 6 weeks later. The stump had pretty much split due to the size of the bodies.

[chris cnc]

Calocera cornea

[chris cnc]

some sort of Mycena i think