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

[Matthew Arnold]

Fistulina heptica aka the Beefsteak fungus.

[silky fox]

Of course...always thought it was browner (like beefsteak)..but it is actually very Red...thanks Matt...

[Matthew Arnold]

Some fung found in a large block of mixed (predominantly Ash and Sitka Spruce) plantation with a few meaty Beech dotted about. I shall have a stab at I.Ding some of them.

 

1-4 - Found growing on a well rotted Beech stem.

5-6 - Hypoxylon multiforme on an old fallen Beech limb

7-10 - Funky looking number growing on a rotting Beech lump

11-17 - Ash stump with Coriolus versicolor, Xylaria hypoxylon,Xylaria polymorpha

18-20 - Stropharia aeruginosa

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

5-6 - Hypoxylon multiforme on an old fallen Beech limb

 

 

not multiforme which is only on birch, this is H. fragiforme the beech one:thumbup1:

[Matthew Arnold]

not multiforme which is only on birch, this is H. fragiforme the beech one:thumbup1:

 

Cheers Tony. When i looked at the multiforme picture i didnt look right but was too late to edit it.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Cheers Tony. When i looked at the multiforme picture i didnt look right but was too late to edit it.

 

no worries mate, the name multiforme is the give away really, very variable form, once youve seen the multiforme in the flesh youll see it for what it is. I dont find it that often, unlike the beech version fragiforme or beech woodwart as its commonly known.

 

The fragiforme has quite obvious pimples on its surface too and jet black unlike the fragiforme which is more toward brown hues:thumbup:

 

 

Hypoxylon multiforme

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Cheers Tony. When i looked at the multiforme picture i didnt look right but was too late to edit it.

 

and your coriolus versicolour is in fact Bjerkandera adusta the smokey bracket:biggrin:

[RobArb]

Is this P. ignarius?

[RobArb]

also, the tiniest, weeniest mushroom in the world:lol:

 

(not really but it was pretty small:biggrin:)

[David Humphries]

Is this P. ignarius?

 

I would think so.

 

Will you go back to catch it further developed ?

 

 

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