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

[David Humphries]

Great find & share Dan

 

Have taken out a few ailing palms over the years and wondered which species of fungi would associate with them.

 

Quick dig may suggest G. zonatum as a good candidate for your example.

 

Here's a series of cross sections of the decay progression and fruiting from the attached study by Elliot and Broschat

 

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp100

 

[Dan Curtis]

Great find & share Dan

 

Have taken out a few ailing palms over the years and wondered which species of fungi would associate with them.

 

Quick dig may suggest G. zonatum as a good candidate for your example.

 

Here's a series of cross sections of the decay progression and fruiting from the attached study by Elliot and Broschat

 

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp100

 

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Thanks David, I hadn't had the chance to research species. I couldn't tell you what the decay looked like internally on these, but several of the few I saw had fractured between ground level and around 1m. Others had been felled, leaving high stumps, which is what the first picture is of.

[RobArb]

Beat me to it dan:thumbup:

[Dan Curtis]

Beat me to it dan:thumbup:

 

Haha, some of yours could go on the "show us your birds" thread. Grey heeeerrrruuunnn

[gibbon]

Dan and rob, did either of you get a picture of the fallen palms that had popped out of their socket

[Dan Curtis]

Dan and rob, did either of you get a picture of the fallen palms that had popped out of their socket

 

Yep, a couple actually. I'll have a sort and find them

[RobArb]

Just seen this, will post later

 

On the phone at the minute

[slack ma girdle]

Would this be a St Georges mushroom ?

[David Humphries]

Similar to Calocybe gambosa, but don't take that as gospel there are look a likes that are poisonous.

 

Bit late for St Georges as they are usually up around the end of April hence the name.

 

Have heard some fungistas that say they have found them later than usual this year.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Similar to Calocybe gambosa, but don't take that as gospel there are look a likes that are poisonous.

 

Bit late for St Georges as they are usually up around the end of April hence the name.

 

Have heard some fungistas that say they have found them later than usual this year.

 

 

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indeed, along with the season they was late, saw some up at Burghly a few weeks back:thumbup1: