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

[Kveldssanger]

Cheers, David. Variable morphology, certainly! Potential for it being a species complex?

 

You also may recall during the winter I posted some images of a fungus way up in an oak. Narrowed it to D. confragosa or D. quercina. Well, got back there today with my new camera and got these beauties. Top two are the old camera and bottom three the new one, for comparison. Another one on the post after, too. It be oak mazegill. The oak also has some nice chicken on an old wound, too.

[Kveldssanger]

Last one.

[David Humphries]

Which camera did you go for Chris?

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Panasonic DMC-FZ72EB. Figured I needed one for the Heath this weekend so got it in store at Currys. The guy knew a fair bit so ran me through everything in store, and I am actually really pleased with it (having used it a good few times). Suits what I need it for and only cost £200. Even the missus found it quite cool, ha. Need to get used to all these buttons and settings, now.

[David Humphries]

Looks a good choice Chris, looking forward to seeing your images.

 

 

Just back from a couple of weeks away from the Heath so not entirely in tune with what's fruiting but looks to be brewing up nicely.

Lots of new brackets in evidence, but not had the time to look at the fruiting of the mycorrhyzal species yet.

Ali will be able to give you a better heads up on those.

 

 

These from today whilst out and about.........

 

Fistulina sneaking about inside this old oak tear out and from a pruning wound on a sweet chestnut

 

 

Meripilus fruiting on the side of this old beech failure

 

 

Laetiporus still fruiting, here on this occluding old oak wound

 

 

Aurantiporus fruiting out of this wound on a big Fulham oak and from this fallen wild service branch

 

 

Couple of young Fomes on a shed oak limb

 

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[Gray git]

Not the beat picture on a crappy phone but any ideas on this beech?

 

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[Gray git]

They look worse since uploading, big fruiting bodies just above the droopi branch on a old wound.

 

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[David Humphries]

They look worse since uploading, big fruiting bodies just above the droopi branch on a old wound.

 

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Can't see anything

 

 

 

 

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[Gray git]

Will go back with decent camera and try again .

Nice 1 on the base I think is young merip..?.

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Not the beat picture on a crappy phone but any ideas on this beech?

 

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If you're trying to take a shot of some blackened fungi on the upper stem there on the beech, it could be dried Inonotus cuticularis. Potentially also drying Laetiporus sulphureus if it's more brown.

Edited August 31, 2016 by Kveldssanger