Bug Fung

[David Humphries]

David,

In The Netherlands present since 2004, until now found at about 10 locations on dead wood (wounds) of standing or fallen (living) beech, horse chestnut, oak and alder, without evidence, that its mycelium can cause more then a superficial rot of the wood. Are there any indications of detrimental effects in England ?

 

Gerrit,

 

we have come across it on the Tilia above (which was in serious decline) & also on a dead Sorbus torminalis both at my work place (Hampstead Heath)

Neither of these trees have been felled yet.

So have no evidence of decay extent.

 

The FDRBI have the last entered record as from 2010 (241 in total) and on a wide host of tree species.

 

British Fungi - record details

 

Roger Phillips makes mention of it as rare, but because of it's size I'd imagine it's probably just overlooked.

 

 

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[Fungus]

Phillips makes mention of it as rare, but because of it's size I'd imagine it's probably just overlooked.

 

Or mistaken for or false identified as a myxomycete, which has not yet "ripened" completely.

[David Humphries]

kinda fits in to this thread.

 

Lime looking like it has an ongoing issue with an Armillaria sp.

& a Lesser Stag in residence.

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

they love lime, watch out for kretz on this tree david, I am convinced of the connection

[David Humphries]

they love lime, watch out for kretz on this tree david, I am convinced of the connection

 

Nothing fruiting yet.

 

These particular Limes are in one of our red target zones.

Meaning they're inspected individualy once a year.

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Lime looking like it has an ongoing issue with an Armillaria sp.

 

David,

This kind of pale brown colouring white rot and "left overs" of melanine plaques with barkthrow as a result, is typical of necrotrophic parasitic Armillaria species, which only (panic) fruit after the tree is cut or dead.

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[David Humphries]

Spotted Crane Fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) drying off on the rim of this Gano.

 

 

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[Fungus]

A massive bark canker on the trunk of a Quercus robur "visited" by OPM caterpillars passing by.

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[David Humphries]

Slugs seem to love a fungy snack

 

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[Fungus]

Slugs seem to love a fungy snack ...

 

... or small rodents, leaving their "scraping" teeth marks behind on a the cap of a bolete.

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