Hamadryad- trees, ecology & FUNGI!

[David Humphries]

Interesting

 

Bet the Italian ex pats put it there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Interesting

 

Bet the Italian ex pats put it there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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or it was the planting of Quercus roburs, provide the habitat and they will land:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I notice the number of species associated with oak and fagus has gone up over the last year and now Fagus leads not by 2 but 9 now

 

 

Associated Organism

 

Number of Species

 

Fagus

 

2261

 

Quercus

 

2252

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

If you have never heard of Flora locale check out their homepage now

 

They do some interesting courses, and David, if your ears are switched on, there is a course in November I think or sooner for fungi and lesser plants! \i may well be getting on it as well as the veteran tree day I just booked.

 

HomePage | Flora locale

[David Humphries]

If you have never heard of Flora locale check out their homepage now

 

They do some interesting courses, and David, if your ears are switched on, there is a course in November I think or sooner for fungi and lesser plants! i may well be getting on it as well as the veteran tree day I just booked.

 

HomePage | Flora locale

 

Did one that David Lonsdale hosted with Flora locale at Burnham Beeches a couple of years ago

 

Would agree that they are a very good training organisation

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Boletus luridus, Bay brown cap, reticulations on stem separating it from the olive green to brown capped B. luridiformis without reticulations and B. satanas with reticulations but a pale cap.

 

Bruises black, turns blue on cutting, no distinctive smell.

 

Mycorrhizal:001_cool:

 

(Reticulations are a net like feature on the stipe)

 

 

 

[sloth]

A very handsome fungi, I have always found the boletes a pita to ID!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

A very handsome fungi, I have always found the boletes a pita to ID!

 

yes, as have I, some make it easy, like the edulis and impolitus (which has a stipe that smells of iodine, the edulis has a very characteristic reticulation.

 

The biggest problem ive found is getting to grips with terminology of taxonomy, the language of mycology. Im getting there now though, and long overdue I put in the time and effort.

[Tommy Hutchinson]

Should we be preserving it and not picking it ?

 

and i am not having a dig or being awkward, just asking a question!.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Should we be preserving it and not picking it ?

 

and i am not having a dig or being awkward, just asking a question!.

 

I can assure you I pick only what nature can spare, there was 200 plus fruiting bodies present, and this is a common fungi:thumbup1:

 

and who else is going to educate you lot!