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

[Fungus]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Amanita ceciliae

 

I wish I had, great pictures .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Bits I've had the pleasure of meeting the aqaintance of today..............

 

 

Amanita cecillae (perhaps) on Oak

 

 

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common name snake skin grissete?

[David Humphries]

I wish I had, great pictures .

 

common name snake skin grissete?

 

 

This is on the mound of the Two Oak Trees that we're studying.

 

 

Will try & get back tomorrow to get a more developed image

 

 

First for me

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is on the mound of the Two Oak Trees that we're studying.

 

 

Will try & get back tomorrow to get a more developed image

 

 

First for me

 

 

 

 

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WOW! always wanted that one

[David Humphries]

Andy put us on to there being an early developing A. franchetii up there as well,

but this was all that was left when we got there early this morning

 

Dissapointed, as that would have been a first for me n'all

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[Fungus]

the Scleroderma species must be fruiting from the root of another tree. I once found S. citrinum fruiting at the base of the trunk of an old Acer saccharinum, of which the mycelium turned out to be connected to a root of a Quercus rubra at a distance of 30 metres. The root had developed in this direction to collect rain water running down from the trunk of the Acer.

 

See : MTA case study + map.

[David Humphries]

See : MTA case study + map.

 

Very interesting case study.

 

Thanks for posting Gerrit

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

a root ... at a distance of 30 metres. The root had developed in this direction to collect rain water running down from the trunk of ...

 

David,

Here's another example of this phenomenon, a spruce (to the left) surfacing two major roots at about 6 metres from its own trunk base to round and strangle the trunk base of a beech (to the right) to collect rain water running down from the trunk of the beech, which after it was killed and defoliated was out of competition for water and nutrients and which trunk was an even beter rain supplier to the roots of the spruce. Talking about territorial warfare !!!

[RobArb]

In my garden lawn, newish turf

 

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[RobArb]

Helps if I put a pic in

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