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

[daltontrees]

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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Pliable is probably the best word to describe it. It seems the fungus has spread and established radially, treaditionally a strong CODIT defence route. OK I know the tree is dead but 3 shouldm be strong even then... Nice to see anyway, I'd love to hav ebeen able to tae a thin slice off to see what the spread looked like and inch in.

[David Humphries]

Give us a heads up when it really kicks into gear and I'll come up again.

 

 

any time now.....

 

these were all within a few meters of an oak this morning, captures fungal diversity pretty well.

 

mycorhyzal and sapros popping up, more and more each day.......Podoscypha multizonata, couple of Russula sp, Collybia fuisipes, anamorphic Fistulina and Coprinus micaceus

 

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[Jonny Burch]

 

Girlfriend phones to say they've found this on a massive Oak at the school she teaches at

 

 

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[David Humphries]

 

Girlfriend phones to say they've found this on a massive Oak at the school she teaches at

 

 

 

Nice dryadeus.

Gotta love that gutation

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Yeah nice conk, there. Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (synonym is Inonotus dryadeus) is really pretty. Not one I see all that often, really.

[David Humphries]

Some bits and pieces over last couple of days in and around north London.

 

Few from the mycorrhizal Russula complex, possibly R. atropurpurea, here on the roots of oak

 

 

Perenniporia fraxinea on Lombardy pop, one for the chop later in the year

 

 

Ganoderma resinaceum on a roadside London plane

 

 

Scleroderma citrinum lurking at the edge of a woodland glade

 

 

Grifola frondosa extensively fruiting off the roots of this oak in ancient woodland

 

 

Collybia fusipes fruiting from behind bark on this fallen oak trunk

 

 

Calvatia gigantea apparantly fruiting from the dash of the Landrover

 

 

The remarkable Podocypha multizonata on oak roots

 

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Edited September 29, 2016 by David Humphries

[Kveldssanger]

I really must see Podoscypha multizonata in the flesh! I'd come up this weekend, though I'm out with the missus exploring a large park on Sunday (with many mature oaks, so perhaps some bits will be about after today's rain), and Saturday is a well-earned relaxing day. Will go down to some nearby ASNW and AW and explore.

 

With regards to Perenni on poplar, I actually saw some today. Thought it was Gano resi for so long, though took a slice out and it was Perenni. Cheeky thing. Somewhat glad I had the poplar reduced!

[Kveldssanger]

Some cheeky little Rigidoporus ulmarius on Acer negundo. Drove past last week and thought it was Ganoderma australe, but it was a little more exciting than that. Lovely beetle galleries in the dead sections, judging by all the exit holes.

 

The tree is quite evidently suffering, having lost some major limbs, and therefore whilst the crown will be collapsed due to the decay all up the stem, the dieback in the crown, etc, the trunk will remain for the fungal habitat and the sprouts can grow up to form a new crown much lower and smaller in size (assuming those there already survive).

[David Humphries]

Good one, it's cool how they play at pretending to be a different species

 

 

 

Sneaky wee things

 

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Good one, it's cool how they play at pretending to be a different species

 

 

 

Sneaky wee things

 

 

 

 

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Aye! Particularly important to discern them through means other than looking at the sporophore as a whole, as Gano and Rigidi cause selective white and brown rot, respectively.

 

On the topic of deceivers, what I thought was Ganoderma resinaceum on poplar (Populus sp.) for some months was actually Perenniporia fraxinea. As you may be able to appreciate, it did look resinaceum-y. Only when it started to move towards its annual slumber did I stop and question whether it was. First three shots are from earlier on in the year, and the last two just a few days back.