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

[josharb87]

7 hours ago, David Humphries said:

That is a sizeable puffball mate, did it make it home to be gourmetfied, or was it riddle with slugs and maggots? 

Its sitting in the garden, i'll chop it up for brekkie tomorrow!

[David Humphries]

4 hours ago, Darrin Turnbull said:

Have you published any books David. A field guide would be great.
Your very inspiring sometimes.

Done bits and pieces, but not considered a whole book on me tod, that's a fairly big undertaking.

I did contribute most of the in situe fruit body images to the Arb Associations Fungi on Trees - An Arborists field guide, helped Steve put together the Arbtalk Fungi App and have written a few articles on fungi and decay.

Oddly enough I was just literally asked today to help put together a new field guide, but imagine that will be a while till it becomes available. I sometimes even inspire myself 

[David Humphries]

Pholiota squarrosa on a cherry monolith from earlier this morning in Dorset

 

[Taupotreeman]

Saw these on a dead limb on a protected Quercus rubra.

[David Humphries]

On 20/10/2017 at 09:19, Taupotreeman said:

Saw these on a dead limb on a protected Quercus rubra.

No idea

[David Humphries]

lots of Armillaria around all over the place

 

[sloth]

lots of Armillaria around all over the place

Indeed, I had to recommend this young signage by a road be felled urgently earlier today...

[David Humphries]

3 minutes ago, sloth said:

 

Indeed, I had to recommend this young signage by a road be felled urgently earlier today...

 

 

No need to fell ya heathen, a good dose of Armillatox would do a job 

[sloth]

Also a lonely wig for m'pot...
And some small capped Armillaria sp? I wonder if it was a bit dry and windy preventing full cap opening, which may explain the odd stem 'scales' - which were actually the stipe surface shrinking and cracking /lifting...

[David Humphries]

Also a lonely wig for m'pot...
And some small capped Armillaria sp? I wonder if it was a bit dry and windy preventing full cap opening, which may explain the odd stem 'scales' - which were actually the stipe surface shrinking and cracking /lifting...

 

I've not eaten the wig before, always been put off when it goes all inky, what they like?

 

Don't think they are really scales on the stem of the Armillaria's, more just expansion cracking of the stem fibres.

 

See this fairly regularly.