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

[David Humphries]

Working away from the fungal fields of Hampstead today, we came across this mycorrhizal delight popping up with these oak roots. First thought from some meters away, was that of Boletus edulis, but the very yellow pores/tubes created some doubt. Although not a stainer, and not particularly smelling very mushroomy, we were a little stumped so we engaged our friendly local Field Mycologist and through the magic of email we arrived at Hemileccinum impolitum, the iodine bolete. Another edible bolete species but due to relative scarcity deemed by text as worthy of leaving in situ.

 

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[Kenty]

Stumbled across this bad boy today on an Oak stump.

I believe it's pseudoinonotus dryadeus, it was about 20 inches wide.

 

[Kveldssanger]

Yup P. dryadeus. Nice find.

[David Humphries]

Suillellus (formerly Boletus) queletii, the deceiving bolete.

 

Mycorrhizal on the roots of this hornbeam

 

Flesh stains blue immediately upon exposing to the air.

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Neat. Not seen much in the way of boletes around here yet. Unfortunately the grass cutters are out for three weeks now, so that might blitz some emerging fungi.

[Mark J]

I came across these lovely things yesterday.

 

[David Humphries]

Oudemansiella mucida, the very elegant porcelain fungus.

 

Found some on oak yesterday, which is not too common.

 

 

One of the key autumnal fruiters

 

 

Nice shots Mark

 

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Edited October 5, 2016 by David Humphries

[Kveldssanger]

Very pretty. Lovely scientific name, as well.

[Gray git]

Is it normal for the big brackets to have a second fruiting in same year as this 1 I pass regularly has?

 

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[Kveldssanger]

I have seen two 'generations' of dryad saddle this year on the same host, and a friend has seen three. Chicken of the woods had more than one season, as well, this year. I suppose it depends upon climatic factors, and the weather this year has been pretty decent for the wood-decay fungi (notably polypores).