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

[Mark J]

I'd never seen it in the flesh before. Had been for a wander and it happened to be on the very last tree I passed on the way out the woods.

 

Cheers for the identification "Oudemansiella mucida".

[Betula]

Not that I'm trying to 'one up' you or anything but in Hyde Park there is a Horse Chestnut that has just put out its third crop of Dryad this year. It's on a large dead branch that's decaying quite extensively. Low target zone though!

[BigfootBjornson]

a few nice ones from this year, ID on 3 and 4 would be nice.

 

4 psuedotrametes Gibbosa

 

3 Flamulina velutipes

 

Think their both right, doubt the spelling is though. Both sapraphitic, living off deadwood.

[BigfootBjornson]

Think this is one of the Sparassidaceae family of Cauliflower fungi.

Similar to S crispa which is found on conifers.

 

Fruiting out from beside an Oak log being used to hold mulch in around the root plate of a veteran Oak.

 

Possibly a very fresh Griffola Fondosa on the Oak

[David Humphries]

Possibly a very fresh Griffola Fondosa on the Oak

 

Hello Mr Bjornson

 

Blimey, that post was from 8 years and 4317 posts ago

 

Fairly early in my fungal journey.

 

That specimen (below) was actually a developing Podoscypha multizonata (the many zoned rosette) red listed and not too common, though there are about 4 or 5 of them fruiting currently where I work, mostly associating with oak but also with hornbeam.

 

Looks quite different to Grifola when it matures.

 

Here's a couple of galleries for you to compare the visual differences between Podoscypha and Grifola frondosa......

 

 

Podoscypha multizonata - Zoned Rossete - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

Grifola frondosa - Hen of the woods - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

 

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Edited October 7, 2016 by David Humphries

[Kveldssanger]

Started up my blog again and put up over thirty photos of Inonotus hispidus from an ancient orchard, all taken today. Too many shots to post, so they can be seen over on my blog. A great little orchard, that in fact saw a new road diverted around it, because of its designation as a protected site. So glad, as were I am sure everyone else who was there, and ecologists, cultural historians, etc!

 

https://arboriculture.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/ancient-orchard-apples-harvesting-fungi/

[David Humphries]

Started up my blog again and put up over thirty photos of Inonotus hispidus from an ancient orchard, all taken today. Too many shots to post, so they can be seen over on my blog. A great little orchard, that in fact saw a new road diverted around it, because of its designation as a protected site. So glad, as were I am sure everyone else who was there, and ecologists, cultural historians, etc!

 

https://arboriculture.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/ancient-orchard-apples-harvesting-fungi/

 

 

"Note the small yellow threads on the underside, which can often be seen on the crevices beneath a fresh sporophore of Inonotus hispidus"

 

Spore on cobwebs/leaves etc are often a useful source for identification both under and above a fruitbody.

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Nice shot, there! Always a tell-tale sign with Ganoderma, with the browned cobwebs and foliage beneath.

 

Some shots of various fungi from the Hillier Gardens in Ampfield below.

 

Amanita muscaria (over-mature) around the rhizosphere of Betula utilis

 

 

 

 

Amanita pantherina (suspected)

 

 

 

 

Aleuria aurantia (suspected)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ramaria sp. (no idea which, but there were flies absolutely everywhere, the fungus was absolutely everywhere, and the over-mature bits were going a dark brown colour)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Some nice finds there Chris, always surprising what fruits when at different sites/parts of the country.

 

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Indeed! Found much more, so will sort those out shortly. A few species of Polyporus, including one on what looked like conifer wood (suspecting C. leptocephalus, as the pores are miniscule). Sending a few bits to be confirmed over to Andy.

 

Also suspected Polyporus (Cerioporus) melanopus around a conifer's rhizosphere.

Edited October 9, 2016 by Kveldssanger