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

[APC]

 

Fistulina on oak

 

 

 

Root plate failure of beech resulting in the Ganoderma riddled stem breaking into 3.

 

 

Bit of Meripilus on beech. I shall get more photos today. Last year the entire base was populated with it with G. applanatum around full circumference at 0.75m.

 

 

 

 

Inonotus dryadeus on field grown oak. First time I've knowingly seen this. Saw it on this one then few hours later on a couple of other oaks in another field.

 

 

 

 

Laetiporous on oak adjacent to the previous one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, a first for me, seen it once then seen it everywhere. G. resinaceum, firstly on oak in field, secondly on housing estate by my work then thirdly (my actual first spot) up on the roadside in Balloch, Scotland, while I was on holiday. I drove past it the day before then next day made my wife go shopping while I looked after the dog (when I say look after the dog, I mean walk it to the tree to take photos of fungi). Couple of council guys pulled up for photos too. Always taking my work on holiday!!!

 

 

 

Bit of Fomes, another first for me, this time at Arkingglas Woodland Garden.

 

 

 

 

A proper old coppiced oak vet in Bamaha(?) with Laetiporous in wound low down in one of the stems.

 

 

And finally some Armillaria bootlaces.

 

This year I've seen proper loads of stuff I've not seen before and just generally loads of different fungi everywhere. Must be a good year!

[David Humphries]

Impressive array of fruiting bodies APC

 

I'm not overly convinced that there is more fruiting this year, but I can only base that on observations in London, Suffolk & Herefordshire.

 

I think we all at some point start just 'tuning in' more to the presence of fungi on and around trees.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

today was mostly a day for seeing....

 

Ganodema resinaceum on English oak

 

Laetiporus sulphureus on willow

 

Ganodema resinaceum on Turkey oak

 

Ganodema resinaceum on London plane

 

Perenniporia fraxinea on London plane

 

Phaeolus schweinitzii on pine

 

Meripilus giganteus on English oak

 

 

 

& a partridge on a pear tree

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

today was mostly a day for seeing....

 

Fistulina hepatica on oak.

Phaeolus schweinitzii on larch, with the early developing fruit body of the rare Buchwaldoboletus lignicola, which is thought to be a mycoparasite on Phaeolus (20 cms to the right).

Armilaria tabescens (the ringless honey fungus) on willow.

Laetiporus sulphureus & Fistulina hepatica 0n an oak monolith.

Fistulina hepatica on oak

Podoscypha multizonata on oak

 

& a fine developing troup of (what I believe to be) Pholiota adiposa on maple.

 

didn't see any patridges today

 

 

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[coleman]

today was mostly a day for seeing....

 

Ganodema resinaceum on English oak

 

Laetiporus sulphureus on willow

 

Ganodema resinaceum on Turkey oak

 

Ganodema resinaceum on London plane

 

Perenniporia fraxinea on London plane

 

Phaeolus schweinitzii on pine

 

Meripilus giganteus on English oak

 

 

 

& a partridge on a pear tree

 

 

 

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Haha Im playing snap with your photos. Just saw this when I picked up the kids a minute ago

[David Humphries]

Haha Im playing snap with your photos. Just saw this when I picked up the kids a minute ago

 

Ya snooze ya lose

 

 

 

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[Knoydart]

This Alder was absolutely full of Taphrina alni.

[Knoydart]

I know there are lots of Laetiporus sulphureus in this thread, but this is a first for me, if I've got it right, it looks right to me. I couldn't get very close as it was on a cliff edge and the midge were viscous. That is my lens at full zoom.

[David Humphries]

Yep Laetiporus, a very flat form.

 

Looks good next to the bearded lichen behind it.

 

 

 

 

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[Knoydart]

This is typical up here. We have even better diversity and some quite rare Lichen by all accounts. They are on my list, but not something I know much about yet. It was the flatness that made me question it being Laetiporus, so cheers for clearing that up.