Keizer's Fungi Q & A.

[Fungus]

1. what do you think these black exudates are with fistulina exit wounds? vinegar acids maybe due to enzymatic actions?

2. and what causes this mutation in fistulina hepatica?

 

Tony,

1. Yes, and/or blackening because of bacterial and/or oxygen involvement combined with acids.

2. Not a mutation, but the chlamydiospores producing anamorph Confistulina of F. hepatica.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

1. Yes, and/or blackening because of bacterial and/or oxygen involvement combined with acids.

2. Not a mutation, but the chlamydiospores producing anamorph Confistulina of F. hepatica.

 

once again I am in debt:thumbup1:

 

are anamorphs via chlamydiospores a panic fruit?

[Matthew Arnold]

Any ideas what this is Gerrit? Found growing on freshly mown grass. Very woody humus rich soil.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

aminita citrina or its all white variant, as a guess, the velum sac hasnt split yet.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Got another question Gerrit,

 

1) if fungi produce anamorphs i assume these produce clones by asexual production and chlamydaspores, like those left in the vessels as the mycelium travels about the woody matrix?

2) am i right in assuming that a fertile, sexually viable fruit body requires 2 sexualy (not related) myceliums to unite and create the combined genetics for a new generation

3) and if above is assumed correct is it safe to assume that fruiting may not occur for decades if a sexualy compatible spore does not further colonise the tree in which a mycelium is already colonised?

4) am i also than assuming correct in that if the already present mycelium has been long established that when the new sexualy compatible mycelium joins the present one that both become one mycelil mass with accses to the resources obtained by the origional colonising spore?

[Fungus]

are anamorphs via chlamydiospores a panic fruit?

 

No, they are just another type of (a-sexual) reproductive stage.

[Fungus]

Any ideas what this is ? Found growing on freshly mown grass. Very woody humus rich soil.

 

My bet would be on an Agaricus species such as A. arvensis, which has the smell of aniseed and dark brown spores.

[Fungus]

1) if fungi produce anamorphs i assume these produce clones by asexual production and chlamydaspores, like those left in the vessels as the mycelium travels about the woody matrix?

2) am i right in assuming that a fertile, sexually viable fruit body requires 2 sexualy (not related) myceliums to unite and create the combined genetics for a new generation

3) and if above is assumed correct is it safe to assume that fruiting may not occur for decades if a sexualy compatible spore does not further colonise the tree in which a mycelium is already colonised?

4) am i also than assuming correct in that if the already present mycelium has been long established that when the new sexualy compatible mycelium joins the present one that both become one mycelil mass with accses to the resources obtained by the origional colonising spore?

 

1. No, macrofungi, which as a rule produce teleomorphs, but are also capable of a-sexually reproducing by conidio- or chlamydiospores, do not leave their a-sexual spores in the vessels, but disperse them by wind (long distance) and/or rain (short distance) from anamorphs produced at the outside of the substrate.

2/3/4. See : Sexual reproduction.

Edited June 16, 2011 by Fungus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

so what do you reckon Gerrit, is THIS T. trogii, on a fallen beech, of which two fallen beeches within 200yds of eachother colonised:001_cool:

 

Welcome back too, hope you had a great time away.

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

is THIS T. trogii, on a fallen beech, of which two fallen beeches within 200yds of eachother colonised

 

Tony,

Did you count the number of pores, which for Coriolopsis species should be 1-2 per mm and perform the KOH test, which results in temporary blackening of the flesh for C. gallica and no blackening for C. trogii ? And though I think your identification is correct, to be 100 % sure of this being C. trogii : microscope (basidia, spores).