Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[David Humphries]

Good find Kevin

 

 

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[sloth]

Yup, I'm a happy fungster today. Also lots of what look like 6 inch tall/wide parasols under cypress and leylandii, seen them before here and there but never so many as this year - any ideas what they may be?

 

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[David Humphries]

Yup, I'm a happy fungster today. Also lots of what look like 6 inch tall/wide parasols under cypress and leylandii, seen them before here and there but never so many as this year - any ideas what they may be?

 

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Any images?

 

Ring (or not) on stem?

 

Not just Macrolepiota procera?

 

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[sloth]

No images I'm afraid, mostly starting to shrivel or rot. Definate ring on stem. I'll have a look at procera now...

 

...ahh, no not procera. That's the tall skinny stemmed one with a distinctive 'nipple' in the centre that attains quite a size, often in fields, and quite delicious. The ones I am referring to are much more stout, and lack the raised nipple, can't think if the ring is free though, I have often seen them in the litter under conifers. I'll have to stop for a closer look next time...

 

 

 

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Edited September 12, 2014 by sloth

[Wood wasp]

Spotted an outbreak of Fly Agaric at edge of beech wood where I feed the birds, counted more than 30 in an area 5m square

[Wood wasp]

More pics

[Wood wasp]

For some reason on ipad I can only post one pic at a time...

[David Humphries]

For some reason on ipad I can only post one pic at a time...

 

The iPad will allow multiple image uploads if you use the Arbtalk app.

 

 

Not too many Amanita's fruiting in the woods I frequent in and around London.......yet

 

Well rubescens and phalloides are, but not muscaria.

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[David Humphries]

No images I'm afraid, mostly starting to shrivel or rot. Definate ring on stem. I'll have a look at procera now...

 

...ahh, no not procera. That's the tall skinny stemmed one with a distinctive 'nipple' in the centre that attains quite a size, often in fields, and quite delicious. The ones I am referring to are much more stout, and lack the raised nipple, can't think if the ring is free though, I have often seen them in the litter under conifers. I'll have to stop for a closer look next time...

 

 

 

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There are a few procera vars, from what I understand. So variation in form may be quite wide ?

 

 

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[armybloke]

Popped up to the Midlands for a little work and found this lurking in the woods on a fallen black poplar - stunning in the morning sunlight!