Hamadryads diary- a new chapter

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Despite the absolute drenching at work today I went for a bimble in whippendell woods on the way home, trying to re establish my photo album. I had a few others throughout the day, one in particular I've been watching for a few months. First up then this perenniporia on robinia. The tree is outside a busy job centre in Chesham, the business owner has been informed today, but will follow up in a month or so if nothings been done.

Pluerotus ostreatus

Calocera cornea

Ganoderma pfeifferi

[Fungus]

Calocera cornea

 

On coniferous wood ? If so, this is C. furcata characterized by the substrate and many bifurcated FB's.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

On coniferous wood ? If so, this is C. furcata characterized by the substrate and many bifurcated FB's.

 

mmmm more like this one on Scottish pine then!

 

 

 

[Fungus]

more like this one on Scottish pine then!

 

Probably, although still rather young.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

had a bit of a wonder round a new wood to me, driven through dozens of times, cheesed off I haven stopped by before now!

 

a new species for me, Leccinum albostipitatum a mycorhyzal bolete in association here with grey poplar:001_cool:

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

a new species for me, Leccinum albostipitatum a mycorhyzal bolete in association here with grey poplar

 

I hate to spoil the fun, but the dark brown to blackish dots on the stipe are characteristic for L. rufum (= L. aurantiacum s.s.), the stipe of L. albostipitatum (= white dotted) looks like this.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Oh well, you spoil away Gerrit, I like that you do it, your time and efforts to educate us all are always appreciated.

 

was growing directly off grey poplar roots too

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I am going to see a doctor about a problem I seem to have, i keep climbing trees for no other reason than to shoot brackets, even ones ive shot before and have acceptable images of! like these hispidus brackets:lol:

 

On a serious note though it does illustrate just how frequent this fungus is, and that this is also a reflection of just how low the risk is, because i know HUNDREDS of trees colonised and fruiting roadside, just like this one.

 

This Fungus has a bad rep, but i dont know how to quantify it yet.

 

 

 

 

 

[RobArb]

Glad you had the sun today, been p*****g down here all day in biblical proportions

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[Fungus]

hispidus brackets ... This Fungus has a bad rep, but i dont know how to quantify it yet.

 

Again, great documentation ... and I don't know either. The only tree species I often see a lot of damage done to is Malus.