The diary of an obsessive compulsive arborist

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Had to have a little look in Whippendell today and was not disappointed at all, she was in a good mood after all the rain and with the damp conditions so were the fungi.

 

Unfortunatley all the rain a little leaf and considerable decay meant that Whip lost one of her grandest old veterans today/yesterday, you might recognise the tree if you follow my threads. This big beech was the one I sat alongside Meripilus giganteus a while back. Ganoderma applanatum and K deusta also in attendance with the gano being the primary decay followed by meripilus and K deusta having no significance in this case.

 

One thing I am very pleased about is my first discovery of a very rare fungi, Trametes trogii (to be confirmed by Kew later) this is the sort of fungi i have been trying for years to find to prove the special nature of the ecology within Whippendell Woods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

discovery of a very rare fungi, Trametes trogii (to be confirmed by Kew later) this is the sort of fungi i have been trying for years to find to prove the special nature of the ecology within Whippendell Woods.

 

Nice find . In The Netherlands both Coriolopsis trogii and C. gallica mostly grow on poplar and C. trogii sometimes is found on beech.

[RobArb]

you could never be a roofer:001_rolleyes:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice find . In The Netherlands both Coriolopsis trogii and C. gallica mostly grow on poplar and C. trogii sometimes is found on beech.

 

I have found it on ash at Hatfield Forest too:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

you could never be a roofer:001_rolleyes:

 

dont you believe it, I could be a pro angler, been a pro photographer, anything I want to be.

 

work is work, passions are in ones blood:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I find it quite remarkable that there is only six records for Coriolopsis trogii in the U.K

 

I have found three instances on Fagus and one on fraxinus now. That means I have found this fungi more times than anyone else in the U.K!

[David Humphries]

I have found this fungi more times than anyone else in the U.K!

 

Does that make you officially 'the' Troglodyte then ?

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Does that make you officially 'the' Troglodyte then ?

 

 

 

 

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ha, beats being a silverback anyday!

 

If i could find Podcypha and pip I will be a happy bunny:thumbup1:

[RobArb]

dont you believe it, I could be a pro angler, been a pro photographer, anything I want to be.

 

work is work, passions are in ones blood:thumbup1:

 

There's passions and there's "born for's", you weren't born for being a roofer:001_smile:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

An amazing day for a tree geek today, its a rare tree that gets me knocking on peoples front doors but this old ash pollard, and I mean OLD just wasnt going to be left un-appreciated! Homage was paid to this old warrior. That was not the end, or even the begining of this epic, no... behemoth of a day!

 

I wont show all, youll have to buy the book!

 

 

Laetiporus sulphureus and G. applanatum

 

 

Perenniporia fraxinea and I. hispidus side by side

 

Edited May 5, 2012 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad