Brown and white rot of processed wood

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony. I not only owe my livelihood to S. lacrymans but I also owe my happy marriage to this wonderful fungus. My wife had a house with active dry rot; she's a medical micro-biologist with a specialist interest in fungi. I was experimenting with non-chemical means of treating dry rot fungus in building material. Thats how we met and that was our first interest in common. well apart from sex that is..twenty years on and hey.. were still both really interested in fungi..ha ha

 

ha ha, pete bannister has a wicked sense of humour!

 

I have seen your name about here and there, had no idea where or with what, its always good to meet fellow fungi nerds! let me know when you get a fine S. lacrymans near hertsfordshire and I will come and snatch a shot!

[Pete Bannister]

let me know when you get a fine S. lacrymans near hertsfordshire and I will come and snatch a shot!

 

Not down that neck of the woods often; but will surely give you a shout if and when. Maybe you'de like to see one of our Rothounds at work?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Not down that neck of the woods often; but will surely give you a shout if and when. Maybe you'de like to see one of our Rothounds at work?

 

 

for sure!

 

one for you, the wild one:thumbup:

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

the wild one

 

Tony,

Not the "wild" or homeless one, but one of the Coniophora species, such as C. puteana or C. arida.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

well i thought this was arida so must be putnaea?

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks for making me look again, it is puteana, wide white margin coalescing.

 

thats another species in the bag !

[Fungus]

this was arida so must be puteana?

 

Coniophora species, such as C. arida, C. puteana and C. olivacea, can only be identified 100 % certain with a microscope.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Coniophora species, such as C. arida, C. puteana and C. olivacea, can only be identified 100 % certain with a microscope.

 

arida is so different to the other two though?

[Pete Bannister]

Great photos Tony: thanks. Its exceptionally rare to find such fresh sporophores of Coniophora in buildings. I think Gerrit is very probably right on the spp. What a good call. I'd agree about the difficulty speciation. As I recall, there is visual difference in the morphology and colour of the spores of C. arida, C. puteana and C. olivacea

 

Here's one that 'got away'. Found in a very wet 19 century Chapel in N.Wales couple of years ago. I dismissed it as Asterostroma spp at the time, but not so sure when I look back

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

we have a fellow mold geek! sweet!