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

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

There is always something to find and the wet warm spring has seen a lot of them doing a little show. As david says Laetiporus the chicken of the woods, also polyporus squamosus are reliable spring fruiters along with many mushrooms also. We are living in a great period (last 3-4 years) for funting, the climate has been good to the fungi at the right times for many seasons now.

[RobRainford]

Thanks for that. I shall have to go on a little hunt and hopefully find me a good laetiporus shot. Got one tree nearby confirmed.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Heres a chicken on Taxus from yesterday:thumbup1:

 

[David Humphries]

few bits & pieces from this morning at work then from Kew at lunch time.

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

few bits & pieces from this morning at work then from Kew at lunch time.

 

Nice fairy ring of Calocybe gambosa and an extremely early fruiting of Suillus grevillei.

[David Humphries]

Nice fairy ring of Calocybe gambosa and an extremely early fruiting of Suillus grevillei.

 

I thought that too, will be passing on the find to Dr Martyn Ainsworth who is head of the herbarium at Kew.

 

This was only a stones throw from the jodrell lab where he's actually based

 

I wager they were unaware.

 

 

Have you ever come across it around Larch in non plantation sites before Gerrit?

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Have you ever come across it around Larch in non plantation sites before ?

 

Yes I have, but not very often and mostly in larch lanes.

[Glen Poole]

Found this on an Ash tree yesterday, pretty sure it's Perenniporia fraxinea.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Found this on an Ash tree yesterday, pretty sure it's Perenniporia fraxinea.

 

 

I will wager your correct:thumbup1:

[Bearded Munch]

Some on a 90ft lombardy poplar.