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

[David Humphries]

  Gray git said:

Nice little fungs found today.

 

One of the Geastrum sp, perhaps the collared Earth star G. triplex

 

 

 

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[Gray git]

Thought it looked very nice and incredibly delicate, I could see little puffs of spores as big rain drops were hitting them which was interesting to watch.

Thanks for naming it for me David, was going to look it up once kids are in bed 👍

[David Humphries]

You're welcome.

 

The earth stars and puffballs are fascinating little fungi

 

There's a gallery on Geastrum in the directory on the main website.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

One of the yellow club fungi (Clavulinopsis helvola)

spotted in an orchard today, here looking a bit festive with holly and crab apples.

 

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[Gnome]

pic 1 and 2(Closeup) base of holly(main trunk dead)

pic 3 and 4(Closeup) base of ash

pic 5 on beech (dead branch)

on phone so pics not great (I do apologise in advance:001_tongue:)

[David Humphries]

1st one possibly Coprinus truncorum, 2nd one no idea, third one Oudemansiella mucida.

 

 

 

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[Arborowen]

After some second opinion-age here, looks like it might be a partly degraded Ganoderma resinaceum, although the presence of the white stuff may suggest otherwise if it IS spores although I dont think it is.

 

thoughts welcomed.

[David Humphries]

I'd imagine that is white spore (you can see it on the cobwebs and bramble leaves) which would seemingly rule out G. resinaceum as you're no doubt aware it being a brown sporulator.

 

When was the image taken?

 

The pores look wrong for (Psuedo)inonotus dryadeus, but it looks to be on oak?

 

That would seem to be a decent fit.

 

 

 

 

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[Gnome]

Thanks David I'll get my books out and investigate further.

[Arborowen]

It was on an oak, and I'd come across oak bracket the same day and a stark difference was clear. I have however seen tiered brackets like this before on a tree and thought oak bracket but could not be so different from a tree just round the corner? Picture taken two weeks ago