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

[hypercolius]

Recently been out to the woods to collect mushrooms. I was very surprised to find a huge group of chestnut boletes, which I have not encountered in the forest since 2011. One of our favourite fungi when it comes to eating them

[AJStrees]

A few recent. Lots more out there to photograph.

[Stubby]

10 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

A few recent. Lots more out there to photograph.

Those in the first pic are handsome buggers ! 👍

[AJStrees]

56 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Those in the first pic are handsome buggers ! 👍

One of the funnels I believe, possibly trooping by the looks of the troop of mushrooms that were there. 

[richyrich]

On 21/10/2021 at 21:16, AJStrees said:

And what was it?

Ganoderma resinaceum?

[richyrich]

On 21/10/2021 at 18:43, Will Heal said:

Found this beauty on an oak tree today, spotted it while driving about 10ft up

Ganoderma resinaceum?

[daltontrees]

On 22/10/2021 at 19:13, Paul in the woods said:

A bit of honey fungus in our woodland today.

 

 

I wonder. Armillaria famoiusly can move on to its next host by root contact, and doesn't seem to fruit that often. Do you think this one is fruiting because the tree is elevated off the ground and there is no other way of moving on?

[Paul in the woods]

2 hours ago, daltontrees said:

I wonder. Armillaria famoiusly can move on to its next host by root contact, and doesn't seem to fruit that often. Do you think this one is fruiting because the tree is elevated off the ground and there is no other way of moving on?

Simple answer, no. That photo is of an oak branch that fell a couple of years ago and there's a fair bit of wood left. I took a similar photo of the top of a large oak that fell about 4 years ago.

 

What I've noticed over the last 10 years of owning woodland with a fair bit of honey fungus is that some years there doesn't seem to be fruiting bodies and other years there's loads. It often fruits at the base of trees, especially in the hedgebanks, so I would expect there's plenty of opportunity to move on.

 

I gather it can be quite variable so my experience with it may not match up with others.

[AJStrees]

Beef steak.

[AJStrees]

Lots of Armillaria honey fungus about at the minute.

A few trees were looking unhappy in summer and now have honey fungus showing up around their root zone. Could explain it or the after effect of something else first.