Hamadryads diary- a new chapter

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

R. flaccida?

 

 

[Fungus]

these in various poses under beech within a beech mulch layer that is deep.

 

Definitely an ectomycorrhizal Ramaria species associated with beech, but to identify the exact species, you need a microscope.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Definitely an ectomycorrhizal Ramaria species associated with beech, but to identify the exact species, you need a microscope.

 

but if you had to what would you name the file?

[Fungus]

R. flaccida?

 

No, I think this is R. stricta because of the long and often bifurcated branches and the thorn- and tooth-like tips.

[Fungus]

but if you had to what would you name the file?

 

Ramaria cf. flavescens.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

so sharp point stricta, crown like this something other!

 

[Fungus]

so sharp point stricta, crown like this something other!

 

I mentioned the combination of long straight often bifurcated branches with sharp pointed tips as characteristics of R. stricta, so this one looks more like R. flaccida.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

that last image was a close up from the beech one today

[Fungus]

that last image was a close up from the beech one today

 

As I said before, this definitely is an ectomycorrhizal Ramaria species, but whether it is R. flavescens or R. flaccida just can be determined by using a microscope, so instead of filing it as Ramaria cf. flavescens, you now must flie it as Ramaria spp. (unidentified).

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

As I said before, this definitely is an ectomycorrhizal Ramaria species, but whether it is R. flavescens or R. flaccida just can be determined by using a microscope, so instead of filing it as Ramaria cf. flavescens, you now must flie it as Ramaria spp. (unidentified).

 

till the sample goes to kew anyway!