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

[Chris Watson]

 

 

Note sure on the height now im afraid, these don't really do it justice but trying to capture the grandeur of trees is a rather difficult skill.

 

Id say roughly 40ft but I really cant remember and its probably more.Im six two and that bracket was at least an arms length out of reach. I saw a lot of trees that day!

[daltontrees]

Some pictures from Glen Nevis at the weekend. Amanita muscaria, Piptoporus betulinus and Ganoderma adspersum.

[daltontrees]

This one is my favourite though, I suppose this is geotropism in acvtion. Fomes fomentarius on (unidentifiable) fallen stem, the stem seems to have been in various orientations before coming to its current position. HAs produced a lovely spiral shell-like bracket.

[daltontrees]

I am not sure what these are, possibly Armillaria? Host completely hollow and unidentifiable.

[daltontrees]

Nearby, these on the remains of what I think must have been Alder.

[David Humphries]

I am not sure what these are, possibly Armillaria? Host completely hollow and unidentifiable.

 

I don't think these are Armillaria.

 

The only uk Armillaria without a ring on the stem is A. tabescens.

 

look more like one of the saprophytic Hypholoma sp to me,

but I haven't got any references at hand.

 

This one is my favourite though, I suppose this is geotropism in acvtion. Fomes fomentarius on (unidentifiable) fallen stem, the stem seems to have been in various orientations before coming to its current position. HAs produced a lovely spiral shell-like bracket.

 

 

That's a cracking example

 

 

 

 

 

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[daltontrees]

Could well be one of the Hypholoma, I was hedging my bets because almost everyone of the mushrooms had half a veil (i.e. on one side only) close under the cap.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I am not sure what these are, possibly Armillaria? Host completely hollow and unidentifiable.

 

Pholiota mutabalis

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Oudemanciella mucida - the porcelain fungus

 

 

another noted to be on the increase in my patch.

 

 

perhaps due to less dead wooding on our beech than there used to be.

 

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I have noted also it appears to be a very good year for O. mucida, nice shot

[daltontrees]

Pholiota mutabalis

 

That's a decent shout, thanks.