Hamadryads diary- a new chapter

[Fungus]

1. Stipe too thick, colouration too grey, whats its habitat preferences?

2. I hate you sometimes! you got me wondering now! do you HAVE to be so much a smart arse all the time!

 

1. On calcareous soils in grasslands and it has different spore sizes, so the characteristics of the stipe and the colouration of the cap are not decisive.

2. I'll ignore that .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

2. I'll ignore that .

 

good, because it was in jest, and i knew you would know that:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

First up Lepista saeva AKA the field blewit, a first for me too:001_cool:

 

Then a few of Phelinus tuberculosis, a white rotting parasite that is part of the ecology of prunus spinosus. Note the fruit bodies that have been drilled out by woodpeckers, important roles are played by fungi.

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

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[Fungus]

Note the fruit bodies that have been drilled out by woodpeckers, important roles are played by fungi.

 

The woodpeckers look for beetles and/or their larva, that have their habitat inside the brackets of these fungi.

A German beetle specialist last year published a study on the bracket species specific beetles of macrofungi. It turned out, that every species of annual or perennial bracket fungi has one or more fungus specific beetles living inside and/or on the brackets, which form an ecological niche on its own.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The woodpeckers look for beetles and/or their larva, that have their habitat inside the brackets of these fungi.

A German beetle specialist last year published a study on the bracket species specific beetles of macrofungi. It turned out, that every species of annual or perennial bracket fungi has one or more fungus specific beetles living inside and/or on the brackets, which form an ecological niche on its own.

 

this is one of the topics being covered at the BMS open meeting this year:thumbup1:

 

I want very much to know more about this very species dependant ecology.

[Fungus]

I want very much to know more about this very species dependant ecology.

 

Tony,

See this publication in German.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thanks gerrit thats a great piece lots of latin tables at the end which i can work on, but google translate only does the first page in link! cant apply it to the doc, can you give me the link to the whole doc so it translates in google?

[Fungus]

thanks gerrit thats a great piece lots of latin tables at the end which i can work on, but google translate only does the first page in link! cant apply it to the doc, can you give me the link to the whole doc so it translates in google?

 

No, you'll have to buy the document from the author or university, because it's not available to the public as a whole.

[Matthew Arnold]

Today or rather this weekend is perfect fung hunting weather, and they are EVERYWHERE, get off your bums and go to the woods with your cameras, and share what you find with us, its going bananas out there folks.

 

enjoy, and i will see you later with some pretty pictures:thumbup1:

 

Will be out this weekend at Blandford Forest/Bonsley Common. The fungi gods are shining upon us.