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

[Kveldssanger]

Cheers for the info is that just A mellea or does it apply to the others .

 

Probably others as well, though I couldn't say for certain.

[JaySmith]

Polyporus squamosus on medium sized ash that was hanging over by lines and adjacent to busy A road

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Just come back from a week in the New Forest. Plenty of fungi - namely Ganoderma spp. (applanatum and australe), Laetiporus sulphureus, and Fistulina hepatica, though also some others. I will post the cool ones below, over the series of a few posts.

 

1. An 18th century Cedrus libani, in the grounds near the house at Exbury (Exbury Gardens), host to Phaeolus schweinitzii. I had been searching for this bugger all week in the coniferous plantations in the New Forest (including Bolderwood), but found nothing. On the last day, by pure chance, I found it chilling around 10m up this cedar of Lebanon. Not expected, but certainly really awesome to see. Not sure how common the association is with these species in the UK.

[Kveldssanger]

2. In the core of the New Forest is the Knightwood Oak, which is the largest oak in the New Forest. I went up to this one just expecting to see a huge oak, but was also greeted by a nice deck of Laetiporus sulphureus along a major limb with significant damage. Fresh as can be, were these sporophores! Great to see such an important tree host to fungi, though that's hardly to be unexpected, given its age and size.

[Kveldssanger]

3. In the arboretum at Bolderwood, which is generally a stand of various species of conifer (P. menziesii, C. deodara, P. nigra, S. giganteum, T. baccata, and so on), stood this quite sorry-looking yew tree. The three sizeable sets of Laetiporus sulphureus probably haven't helped in this regard. You wouldn't catch me cooking these up either, as there's a chance I'd kill myself in the process, given the fungus is feasting on the wholly toxic (to humans) yew!

[Kveldssanger]

4. Right near the car park for the Knightwood Oak (on the same side as the car park, right by the road) sat this multi-stemed Fagus sylvatica. Driving along at 20mph allowed me to scan the roadside area for cool trees with fungi, and I had to pull over for this one. We can see some nice Rigidoporus ulmarius around the remnants of an old stem, and also some very small activity within the upper wall of the large cavity.

[Kveldssanger]

5. On the way to Exbury Gardens, just after I drove through Beaulieu, I spotted an oak with two large brackets around 1m up the main stem. I managed to turn around and park up, though couldn't get too close to the tree as it was in private land protected by barbed wire fencing. Alas, I did get some shots, of which the following show a mature Quercus robur host to Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (syn: Inonotus dryadeus). Nice sporophores!

[Kveldssanger]

6. Driving through what I recall was Brockenhurst, I went past this lovely roadside oak. Courtesy of parked cars and oncoming traffic, I had enough time to inspect the base of the tree, and spotted this magnificent Fistulina hepatica. Easily missed in the afternoon sun! Also the best one of many beefsteaks I saw on oak and sweet chestnut - half of which were the anamorph stage.

[Kveldssanger]

7. When afternoon tea (or fruit smoothie) becomes a fungi hunt at Highcliffe Castle in... Highcliffe (near Christchurch). First time I have seen Acer pseudoplatanus being colonised by Rigidoporus ulmarius.

[JaySmith]

Some lovely shots there, we stayed in Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst a few years ago; very nice part of the world

 

 

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