Unconventional Fungi

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Its not the fungi that are misplaced, it is only the lack of science, we need to record and document these things much more than we do, and record them with the propper methods.

 

What we as arbs see is often very unusual to mycologists, but then we dont live and work in the same way as traditional mycologists do!

 

If I get my way this will all become a new area, a specialism in mycology.

[Ian H]

No worries Ian,

how much did you pay for your new Phillips?

 

A colleague recently got the new smaller sized one for £11 off amazon.

 

Great book, and now good size as a field guide

 

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Apologies for the delay replying David, I payed the same price(£11), 'tis indeed a fine book and definately more portable in the new size, it will always be one of my favourites:thumbup:

[David Humphries]

£10.70 here at Arbazon Ian, could of saved ya self 30p

 

 

Tis a fine book, little light on decay fungi, no Perenniporia in there, which is a little odd.

 

But fantastic Id shots & descriptions

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

looks like the pixies have been on the fung

 

the two headed amethyst deceiver - Laccaria amythistea

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

You can buy all the Id books under the sun, but the one thing that is paramount to be open to, is...........

 

 

.........Fungi don't do convention

 

 

 

In the pub having a few jars with a couple of Arbtalkers yesterday and we got chatting about old threads, fungi and stuff and particularly what other species of fungi can be found in other parts of trees from where authors have stated they should be found.

 

One good example is Perenniporia fraxinea, "most commonly forms on the stem base of the host" as David Lonsdale states in PTHAM and "the lower trunk, buttress zone and principal roots" being the areas affected listed in the AA's Arborists Field Guide 'Fungi on Trees'

 

 

 

 

 

 

However we now often record it at height on stems and in crown breaks on beech, robinia and other hosts.

 

 

 

 

Any other species of fungi being seen on unusual parts of trees and/or hosts?

 

 

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Edited April 23, 2017 by David Humphries

[Kveldssanger]

I'll add another case of Perenni on Robinia quite high up. And I do wonder what enlightened arbtalkers you were chatting with!

[David Humphries]

Good example, though I don't recall saying anything about my drinking companions being enlightened

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Must've been an hallucination

[Kveldssanger]

Unconventional in the sense all three oaks were colonised by Pseudoinonotus dryadeus and were spaced no more than 10m apart from each other. Makes me think about 1. the genotypes of the fungus within each oak (are they similar / of the same progeny?) and how they colonised (spore or other means?).

[Kveldssanger]

A few more photos of the same oaks.