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

[andrew t]

Lucidum of the Ganoderma complex.........

 

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Noticed this on your Instagram is it quite rare David .

[David Humphries]

Noticed this on your Instagram is it quite rare David .

 

Not really rare Andrew, I would say more like infrequent.

 

Doesn't tend to fruit every year.

 

About 400 records of it on the Fungal Record Data base of Britain & Ireland.

 

British Fungi - record details

 

Has a wide hostrange. We find it at 5 or 6 separate sites where I work, mainly on hornbeam but also found it associating with the roots of oak & ash.

 

A lot more common on the continent and causes quite severe root and basal decay over there from how I undersatnd it.

 

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Good ol' reishi! Awaitng confirmation from Kew about a find on a hornbeam stump right by where I live. Some distinctly stalked and others not.

[Kveldssanger]

Both absurdly common, though this is the first time I have seen both fruit so closely together to one another. Looks like the anamorph of Fistulina hepatica, actually. In this case, the beefsteak came first, back in the second half of August (around 18th August, I would guess). The chicken is thus a late bloomer, and judging by its slightly over-mature state I'd say probably started growing around the first week of September.

[David Humphries]

Both absurdly common, though this is the first time I have seen both fruit so closely together to one another. Looks like the anamorph of Fistulina hepatica, actually. In this case, the beefsteak came first, back in the second half of August (around 18th August, I would guess). The chicken is thus a late bloomer, and judging by its slightly over-mature state I'd say probably started growing around the first week of September.

 

 

Not surprising as they share the exact same parts of their host but as you've noticed, the 'usual' fruiting timelines don't normally overlap like they're doing this year.

 

Think I've only noted the two species converge their fruiting every two or three years.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/3367-dual-decay.html

 

 

 

 

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[daltontrees]

On felled Elm. 3rd pic is section of bracket, lying on its side.

[David Humphries]

Looks to be Ganoderma sp from where I'm sitting Jules?

 

 

possibly applanatum, was the insipid looking brown crust fairly pliable?

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Does this look like it could be a former Kretz effect? On a Euc? There are no signs of fruiting bodies.

[David Humphries]

Cut us a cross section from about 3" off the ground then we may be able to tell ya,

all in the name of the advancement of science ofcourse

 

 

 

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

That may well be available soon!!