Macrofungi from the Eifel

[Fungus]

This afternoon I returned from a three days trip to the German Eifel where I monitored some of the plots I have been visiting monthly during autumn for 8 years in a row.

 

Photo 1/2. In an old beech woodland on partially buried beech wood : Agrocybe firma, my first ever find of this rare Red List species.

Photo 3. In a mixed woodland with oak, hornbeam and hazel : a common species on thin branches and twigs of deciduous trees : Marasmiellus ramealis.

Photo 4. In a spruce forest noticed from quite a distance at the damaged base of an old spruce : Ptychogaster albus, the anamorph of Oligoporus ptychogaster, with guttation droplets.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This afternoon I returned from a three days trip to the German Eifel where I monitored some of the plots I have been visiting monthly during autumn for 8 years in a row.

 

Photo 1/2. In an old beech woodland on partially buried beech wood : Agrocybe firma, my first ever find of this rare Red List species.

Photo 3. In a mixed woodland with oak, hornbeam and hazel : a common species on thin branches and twigs of deciduous trees : Marasmiellus ramealis.

Photo 4. In a spruce forest noticed from quite a distance at the damaged base of an old spruce : Ptychogaster albus, the anamorph of Oligoporus ptychogaster, with guttation droplets.

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Sweet finds gerrit, tell me do you ever carry a lightwieght foldable light reflector? that last image is cleary in those dark dank situations we often find when shooting these things. i have also found a petzl head torch to offer a natural light that helps in these situations.

 

i find it hard these days to force myself to carry more than i really need to!

[armybloke]

Nice pictures Gerrit. When I lived in Germany (Dortmund and Herford) that was one of my favourite places to spend my 'free' time. Pity I was so interested in tasting the Moselle wine when instead I should have been spending a little more time in the countryside!!

[Ben Ballard]

Nice finds Gerrit :thumbup1

[Fungus]

do you ever carry a lightwieght foldable light reflector? that last image is cleary in those dark dank situations we often find when shooting these things. i have also found a petzl head torch to offer a natural light that helps in these situations.

 

No, I never do and never use flash light either. These photo's were taken handheld with my Canon PowerShot SX230 HS digital camera.

[David Humphries]

Thanks for showing Gerrit

 

 

How does the fruiting compare generally at that site with this time last year?

 

 

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[Fungus]

How does the fruiting compare generally at that site with this time last year?

 

This time last year the fruiting was much better, this year two to three weeks ago, the fruiting was much more prolific compared to the same time last year.

[Fungus]

How does the fruiting compare generally at that site with this time last year?

 

So here are some photo's of rare macrofungi, I found in the Eifel region in the period 2007-2010 :

 

1. Amanita submembranacea.

2. Boletus junquilleus.

3. Boletus calopus.

4. Cantharellus friesii.

5. Hygrophorus pustulatus.

6. Leccinum griseum.

7. Lepiota clypeolaria.

8. Porphyrellus porphyrosporus.

9. Pycnoporellus fulgens.

10. Strobilomyces strobilaceus.

[David Humphries]

So here are some photo's of rare macrofungi, I found in the Eifel region in the period 2007-2010 :

 

1. Amanita submembranacea.

2. Boletus junquilleus.

3. Boletus calopus.

4. Cantharellus friesii.

5. Hygrophorus pustulatus.

6. Leccinum griseum.

7. Lepiota clypeolaria.

8. Porphyrellus porphyrosporus.

9. Pycnoporellus fulgens.

10. Strobilomyces strobilaceus.

 

 

 

Cracking shots & species range there Gerrit

 

Is the Pycnoporellus in that shot hosted on Oak ?

 

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[Fungus]

Is the Pycnoporellus in that shot hosted on Oak ?

 

No, on spruce.