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

[Fungus]

Looks to me like a Laccaria sp. (L. laccata perhaps) Which have Mycorrhizal association with Beech. But not come across this on Bonsai. Always thought that the host would never be big enough to support symbiosis.

 

David,

: Laccaria laccata s.l. (incl. L. proxima), an ectomycorrhizal pioneer symbiont associated with the primary roots of young trees (seedlings) or the fine roots of older trees.

[Fungus]

Ganoderma resinaceum on a big fat Oak!

 

Marco,

Or Ganoderma lucidum ?

[armybloke]

Marco,

Or Ganoderma lucidum ?

 

This was taken at Alice Holt (Forestry Commission Research Centre) and a very well reknown fungal pathologist told me its name - I don't dispute his offer of ident but if you want his name.....

[Fungus]

a very well reknown fungal pathologist told me its name - I don't dispute his offer of ident but if you want his name.....

 

The guy or woman must have very special eyes then , because with this a-typical specimen of an annual and not yet fully developed Ganoderma species on oak, I would need a microscope to identify this species as either G. resinaceum or G. lucidum .

[armybloke]

The guy or woman must have very special eyes then , because with this a-typical specimen of an annual and not yet fully developed Ganoderma species on oak, I would need a microscope to identify this species as either G. resinaceum or G. lucidum .

 

Oh, I forgot to mention that he took off the symetrically opposite bracket off the tree (that you can not see) and took it to his lab. Ok so he cheated a little but isn't that the name of the game where confirmation is concerned :biggrin:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Not sure about it being a Hygrocybe Sloth (but I could be wrong)

Looks to me like a Laccaria sp. (L. laccata perhaps)

 

Which have Mycorrhizal association with Beech. But not come across this on Bonsai. Always thought that the host would never be big enough to support symbiosis.

 

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It is a well documented phenomina, the true bonsai is not just a work of art, but a work of ecological genius. For the tree to be healthy under the extreme conditions of growing as a bonsai it must be in a perfect state of health, which means they must also have Myco associations.

 

I have seen many bonsai with small stunted mycos present, it has always facinated me, how one can not only shrink the tree and its fruits and flowers but also its fungal asscoiations, although fungi and fruits are never really in scale, they tend to be a little out of perspective with the tree unless it is of large sizes, with Imperial being the largest at 8 hands high if my memory serves me well, only the emperor was allowed to have this size of bonsai.

[Fungus]

It is a well documented phenomina, the true bonsai is not just a work of art, but a work of ecological genius. For the tree to be healthy under the extreme conditions of growing as a bonsai it must be in a perfect state of health, which means they must also have Myco associations. I have seen many bonsai with small stunted mycos present, it has always facinated me, how one can not only shrink the tree and its fruits and flowers but also its fungal asscoiations, although fungi and fruits are never really in scale, they tend to be a little out of perspective with the tree

 

This is only true for bonzai trees of tree species associated with ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, which is the minority of bonzai trees.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is only true for bonzai trees of tree species associated with ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, which is the minority of bonzai trees.

 

True, but ive never been drawn to the non native species of bonzai, a bonzai oak or beech is a thing of beauty:thumbup1:

 

I once found a true natural bonzai, an oak on a golf course, i couldnt bring myself to take it from the wild.

 

Then one day i was speaking to a pro bonzai dealer and told him of this one, but wasnt going to reveal its location to him till i realised as did he we had both found it and chosen to leave it where it had always been.

[David Humphries]

Ganoderma resinaceum on a big fat Oak!

 

Hi Marco,

 

where abouts was the Oak in relation to the big house at Alice Holt ?

 

The shot below is the general area around the house.

Is the Oak in that location ?

Or further from the House ?

 

Disregard the yellow arrow that's an Oak with Inonotus dryadeus from an older thread.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

It is a well documented phenomina, the true bonsai is not just a work of art, but a work of ecological genius. For the tree to be healthy under the extreme conditions of growing as a bonsai it must be in a perfect state of health, which means they must also have Myco associations.

 

I have seen many bonsai with small stunted mycos present, it has always facinated me, how one can not only shrink the tree and its fruits and flowers but also its fungal asscoiations, although fungi and fruits are never really in scale, they tend to be a little out of perspective with the tree unless it is of large sizes, with Imperial being the largest at 8 hands high if my memory serves me well, only the emperor was allowed to have this size of bonsai.

 

 

 

Tony, do you refer to Bonsai in the 'wild' or in the 'pot' ?

Which mycorrhizal species have you noted ?

 

Cheers

 

D

 

 

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