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

[Kveldssanger]

Nice photos there, David. Will try to see the Aurantiporus when I'm up on Sunday, as I have never seen that before.

 

Always good to see Fistulina hepatica fruiting on the inside of an oak. Caught a few doing just that recently, including one in a burned out oak in a really exposed location at a field boundary. Probably the only place it could actually produce a bracket without getting pelted by strong winds!

[Mark J]

I'm not sure what this is at the base of this whitebeam. Will have to nip over the fence to get a better pic. Thinking it may be Ganoderma resinaceum.

 

[David Humphries]

I'm not sure what this is at the base of this whitebeam. Will have to nip over the fence to get a better pic. Thinking it may be Ganoderma resinaceum.

 

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A decent shout I would think.

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Collybia fusipes on oak root

 

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[Kveldssanger]

A decent shout I would think.

 

 

 

 

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I'll raise Inonotus hispidus to this. Closer ones, please.

[David Humphries]

I'll raise Inonotus hispidus to this. Closer ones, please.

 

 

Not entirely sure what you mean here Chris.

Do you mean I. hispidus having dropped to the ground from higher up the trunk?

[David Humphries]

Ali Nicoll discovered a very fine example of Confistulina (the anamorph stage of Fistulina hepatica) here on a veteran oak at Hampstead Heath yesterday.

 

The mycology department at Kew were keen to get a sample and to log the location.

 

Not particularly a rare occurrence (seen a few at work and elsewhere) but seemingly under reported.

 

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[Mark J]

Some hungry fungi on an oak and a well colonised beech:

 

 

 

 

[Kveldssanger]

Not entirely sure what you mean here Chris.

Do you mean I. hispidus having dropped to the ground from higher up the trunk?

 

I have seen it right at the base of trees before (mainly ash, though also on sorbi), and whilst I think it's certainly more than likely to be resi (colouration) it could be Inonotus in a more mature stage.

[Kveldssanger]

Ali Nicoll discovered a very fine example of Confistulina (the anamorph stage of Fistulina hepatica) here on a veteran oak at Hampstead Heath yesterday.

 

The mycology department at Kew were keen to get a sample and to log the location.

 

Not particularly a rare occurrence (seen a few at work and elsewhere) but seemingly under reported.

 

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Neat! Certainly weird. The one I saw hasn't come back this year.