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

[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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Edited September 1, 2016 by David Humphries

[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.

[Kenty]

Must be the season, came across these in the last couple of weeks in East Sussex.

I thought I would take pics on a weekly basis to see how they develop.

 

This is on an apple

 

This on a Scots pine that failed some years ago.

 

This one has developed in a week and a tree I keep an eye on a weekly basis.

The Oak has basal cavities with old fungal brackets around the other side.

[Kveldssanger]

Look like Inonotus hispidus, Enteridium lycoperdon, and Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, respectively. Nice finds.

[David Humphries]

Still no sign of the mycorrhizal fungi coming out to play, but the last couple of days have been pretty fruitfull on the Heath of Hampstead.....

 

Up first a fine layering of Polyporus squamosus brackets bursting forth from above this birch canker

 

 

Meripulus giganteus erupting from the base of a number of beech trees

 

 

The spectacular Silky Rosegill (Volveriella bombycina) going through its second fruiting of the season on this turkey oak stump

 

 

and more anamorphic Confistulina fruiting beside its more usual teleomorphic version of Fistulina hepatica

(About a dozen brackets popping out from amongst these roots)

 

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