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David Humphries

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On 16/09/2018 at 22:08, Will Heal said:

Fungi we found today in the Forest of Dean
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Sickener ?
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Don’t know, they were on a beech stump IMG_1351.jpg
Tiny blue fungus under an oak log
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Black bulgar fungus
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Dyers mazegill, like a dirty sponge!
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Don’t know this one, softish bracket on an oak

Beech stump fungi look like young developing Armillaria gallica, tiny blue ones look like Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Soft bracket on oak looks like dried out bit if Laetiporus sulphureus  

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1 minute ago, David Humphries said:

Paxillus sp perhaps P. involutus (brown rollrim)

 

Did the LA plant birch?

 

Yes, there are some in the nearest group of trees, with some self-seeded saplings nearer to the shrooms (there was before they got burnt anyway). 

 

IIRC, this particular little patch was covered in hearher.

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Similar but I would think that is turkey tail
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coltricia-perennis.php
 
I had sort of come round to Turkey tail, because Tigers eye likes sandy heath, not expensive milled Cherry.
Curse you pesky fungi for never conforming to what you are supposed to look like
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On 23/09/2018 at 20:27, David Humphries said:

Paxillus sp perhaps P. involutus (brown rollrim)

 

Did the LA plant birch?

 

I noticed yesterday that more of these are fruiting around the first one that I spotted. But, only in the areas where the previous fire has cleared all the heather and herbaceous vegetation. I couldn't find any where there's still grass present. It would seem an obvious conclusion that the fire has initiated fruiting but I can't imagine why? I'm thinking that the heat and intensity of the burn was unlikely to have killed the underlying roots, so it's unlikely to be 'panic fructation', but otherwise haven't a clue. Any thoughts David?

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11 hours ago, Gary Prentice said:

I noticed yesterday that more of these are fruiting around the first one that I spotted. But, only in the areas where the previous fire has cleared all the heather and herbaceous vegetation. I couldn't find any where there's still grass present. It would seem an obvious conclusion that the fire has initiated fruiting but I can't imagine why? I'm thinking that the heat and intensity of the burn was unlikely to have killed the underlying roots, so it's unlikely to be 'panic fructation', but otherwise haven't a clue. Any thoughts David?

Might just be a natural flush of fruiting from the change of weather from hot prolonged summer to wet cooler autumn. Loads of species of sapro’s and Myco’s fruiting like crazy down here currently. May not be as a direct effect of the fire.

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