Fungi around the House

[David Humphries]

what makes you look to another for the association, i had taken it as a normal association?

 

The way I read the posted list of endomycorrhizal associated tree species

 

Will be interesting to hear Gerrits thoughts

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Amanita muscaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[David Humphries]

Amanita muscaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Yep noted that before Tony.

 

Not saying they're not right, but we are talking Wikipedia here

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Yep noted that before Tony.

 

Not saying they're not right, but we are talking Wikipedia here

 

 

 

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wikipedia fungi pages tend to be well authored and corrected, one may assume with those pages (they are created by everyone US) the more info and authorative they appear the more likely they are to be reviewed and added to by peers.

 

check out more obscure ones and youll see the relationship in scarce info on lesser known fungi. Personally I think wiki is pretty reliable.

[David Humphries]

So 'who' has authored that page then ?

 

What is there experience ?

 

Are they perhaps just expert at putting other peoples work into a global communicating interface ?

 

 

 

Like I said in the original post "if this is" I'm not taking anything as gospel, just re-evaluating & re-focussing the way I look at things

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Amanita muscaria from last autumn at the foot of Cedar. Last autumn I posted this association as being ectomycorrhizal with the Cedar, having been what I thought at the time as being a first (for me) recording of the two together.

Having now digested Gerrits' list of ecto & endomycorrhizal tree species specific associates.

The nearest trees to the Cedar within a radius of 20+ meters are the endomycorrhizal Aesculus, Fagus & Taxus. So the only potential candidate must be the Quercus from across the road & on the other side of the trunk from where the Amanitas' where fruiting.

 

David,

My mistake, I wrongly classified the ectomycorrhizal Cedrus as endomycorrhizal. But even so, in this case the Fly Agaric could also have been associated with the beech, which is number two on the top ten of tree species specific ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, including the cosmopolitan Amanita muscaria.

And you rightfully mistrust Wikipedia being a source of lots of unauthorized nonsense, though in this case Wiki was right about Cedrus.

Edited July 22, 2011 by Fungus

[David Humphries]

David,

My mistake, I wrongly classified the ectomycorrhizal Cedrus as endomycorrhizal. But even so, in this case the Fly Agaric could also have been associated with the beech, which is number two on the top ten of tree species specific ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, including the cosmopolitan Amanita muscaria.

And you rightfully mistrust Wikipedia being a source of lots of unauthorized nonsense, though in this case Wiki was right about Cedrus.

 

 

 

No worries Gerrit, this is really about how 'I' look at things now, like with the Scleroderma the other day

 

You've got me thinking & researching things 'deeper' than I have previously.

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

wikipedia fungi pages tend to be well authored and corrected, one may assume with those pages ... the more info and authorative they appear the more likely they are to be reviewed and added to by peers. Personally I think wiki is pretty reliable.

 

I have quite different experiences with Wikipedia on several subjects and especially on mycology, because most of the mostly anonymus "authors" simply are copy cats of work of others while lacking the knowledge needed for checking the validity of the information provided. And my offers to correct information are mostly followed by complete silence, so I've given up on trying to make Wikipedia a reliable source of information.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I have quite different experiences with Wikipedia on several subjects and especially on mycology, because most of the mostly anonymus "authors" simply are copy cats of work of others while lacking the knowledge needed for checking the validity of the information provided. And my offers to correct information are mostly followed by complete silence, so I've given up on trying to make Wikipedia a reliable source of information.

 

that is a great shame, and their loss, a very very BIG loss IMO, fair play for trying although you need not ask, just join up and alter them, no ones going to argue with your changes!

[David Humphries]

Not at the new house, but entrance to me new 'hood' on the way back from work yesterday.

 

Amanita (seemingly on Tilia roots) that will need to be revisited for further shots perhaps today

 

 

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