Hamadryads diary- a new chapter

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

good post hama.......wow that really does seem to be in a panic...........

 

You've certainly inspired me and put me on a path studying trees and there changing forms/relationships with fungi.....nice one dude.

 

See you next weekend.

 

be good to see you sean:thumbup:

 

Tobias is coming over too!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Seems silly i know, but I am not as secure in myself as some seem to think! and so i wanted to find out what "expertise" and "expert" meant and whether I might be considered as such as an "expert"

 

you see that confidence that arrogance, my attack is my defence against being or having my deep seated insecurities exposed, that feeling that was installed in me as a child that i was inadequate and not worthy. Silly? no doubt!

 

maybe a personal post, maybe too close for comfort to some, but i dont care, this is my diary! im talking to my friends without fear.

 

It is fading fast. "the sleeper has awoken" (Dune)

 

Expert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

well Xerxses has left for home, and it has been a hectic few days to say the least, even i am knackered! the seminar with TEP on the friday then 2 full 11 hour days foraying at whip, and a couple of other local sites then ashridge and munden estate sunday. He stuck his head in a vet ash on saturday afternoon thinking he could see a white bracket in the hollow trunk when a barn owl flew straight at him! it saw me and hovered about a bit before flying down the valley, was an awesome sight. we found 2 hornets nests and saw lots of deer over the weekend, muntjacs and fallows.

 

I always worry when giving people a guided tour that i wont find enough to make it special, but I need not worry, my knowledge of my habitats always ensures it all comes good, i think everyone had a good time and saw enough to overwhelm them!

 

The look on Xerxes face on seeing the big beech was priceless:thumbup:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

foraying at whip, and a couple of other local sites then ashridge and munden estate sunday.

 

Tony,

Nice photo's . What Polyporus species is on photo 9 and 10 ? P. arcularius ?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

Nice photo's . What Polyporus species is on photo 9 and 10 ? P. arcularius ?

 

I thought it was tuberaster, though it lacked centralised stipe/scale pattern?

[Fungus]

I thought it was tuberaster, though it lacked centralised stipe/scale pattern?

 

P. tuberaster has more or less circular to slightly elongated dentate pores of 0.5-2 mm, while P. arcularius has far more elongated polygonal pores of 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm. Besides, as I can't have a look at the surface of the cap (scaly in P. tuberaster and rather smooth without scales in P. arcularius), I can't decide on either one of these two species by looking at the pores (and stipe) alone.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

P. tuberaster has more or less circular to slightly elongated dentate pores of 0.5-2 mm, while P. arcularius has far more elongated polygonal pores of 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm. Besides, as I can't have a look at the surface of the cap (scaly in P. tuberaster and rather smooth without scales in P. arcularius), I can't decide on either one of these two species by looking at the pores (and stipe) alone.

 

Hows that?

 

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I have to confess it didnt feel right for tuberaster, couldnt pin it down but the cap is so smooth

[Fungus]

I have to confess it didnt feel right for tuberaster, couldnt pin it down but the cap is so smooth

 

So you think, I know the size of a 1997 new pence ? But anyhow, the only way to be 100 % sure of the species is ... by using a microscope : P. tuberaster has spores of 12-15 x 4-5 µm and P. arcularius of 5.5-8 x 2-3 µm.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

So you think, I know the size of a 1997 new pence ? But anyhow, the only way to be 100 % sure of the species is ... by using a microscope : P. tuberaster has spores of 12-15 x 4-5 µm and P. arcularius of 5.5-8 x 2-3 µm.

 

21mm from the edge at the point in the crown to the edge in between the 2 n 0 of 20:001_tt2: