Keizer's Fungi Q & A.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Andy,

Meripilus giganteus.

 

andy was cheating, he posted it in tis the season, and I said dont anyone tell him, Andy should know this one by now:001_tt2:

 

And While I am here, what do you make of this pholiotta gerrit? I am not convinced its squarossus, not at all convinced it has no definable annulus the velum sclaes are dark as soot and the stipe is not at all fuzzy like the shaggy pholiotta:001_huh:

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

what do you make of this pholiota ? I am not convinced its squarossa, not at all convinced it has no definable annulus the velum sclaes are dark as soot and the stipe is not at all fuzzy like the shaggy pholiota

 

Tony,

Still a somewhat atypical P. squarrosa IMO.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

O.k, thanks, fits the substrate to be fair, they was very dark though, these are more typical for my experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andy Collins]

Andy,

Meripilus giganteus.

 

Well, I'll be darned! Seen plenty of Merips in the past, but didnt even consider that on this species:001_rolleyes: Shame its on a stunning, very mature Whitebeam, in formal lawns. Thanks anyway

[Fungus]

Merips ... its on a stunning, very mature Whitebeam, in formal lawns.

 

Andy,

I have never seen it before on Sorbus.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Andy,

I have never seen it before on Sorbus.

 

nor have I but at least three times now recorded in these pages:001_cool:

[Tom Joye]

Hi all,

a colleague of mine sent me these pictures of a Sophora japonica. No mycelium found. My first tought when I saw these pictures (without seeing the tree in real life) was Phytophtora sp. Could this be right?

Kind regards,

Tom

[Fungus]

a colleague of mine sent me these pictures of a Sophora japonica. No mycelium found. My first tought when I saw these pictures (without seeing the tree in real life) was Phytophtora sp. Could this be right?

 

Judged from the photo there also are no rhizomorphs or melanine plaques present, which implies, that your diagnosis probably is right.

Did the bark come off by itself or was it stripped off by hand to show the absence of fungul tissues ?

[Tom Joye]

The bark was stripped off to look at the extent of the damage.

[Xerxses]

How do you tell the differense between Fomitopsis pinicola and Heterobasidion annosum?

I find them to be lookalikes...?