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

[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.

[David Humphries]

Working away from the fungal fields of Hampstead today, we came across this mycorrhizal delight popping up with these oak roots. First thought from some meters away, was that of Boletus edulis, but the very yellow pores/tubes created some doubt. Although not a stainer, and not particularly smelling very mushroomy, we were a little stumped so we engaged our friendly local Field Mycologist and through the magic of email we arrived at Hemileccinum impolitum, the iodine bolete. Another edible bolete species but due to relative scarcity deemed by text as worthy of leaving in situ.

 

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[Kenty]

Stumbled across this bad boy today on an Oak stump.

I believe it's pseudoinonotus dryadeus, it was about 20 inches wide.

 

[Kveldssanger]

Yup P. dryadeus. Nice find.