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

[Taupotreeman]

Saw these on a dead limb on a protected Quercus rubra.

[David Humphries]

On 20/10/2017 at 09:19, Taupotreeman said:

Saw these on a dead limb on a protected Quercus rubra.

No idea

[David Humphries]

lots of Armillaria around all over the place

 

[sloth]

lots of Armillaria around all over the place

Indeed, I had to recommend this young signage by a road be felled urgently earlier today...

[David Humphries]

3 minutes ago, sloth said:

 

Indeed, I had to recommend this young signage by a road be felled urgently earlier today...

 

 

No need to fell ya heathen, a good dose of Armillatox would do a job 

[sloth]

Also a lonely wig for m'pot...
And some small capped Armillaria sp? I wonder if it was a bit dry and windy preventing full cap opening, which may explain the odd stem 'scales' - which were actually the stipe surface shrinking and cracking /lifting...

[David Humphries]

Also a lonely wig for m'pot...
And some small capped Armillaria sp? I wonder if it was a bit dry and windy preventing full cap opening, which may explain the odd stem 'scales' - which were actually the stipe surface shrinking and cracking /lifting...

 

I've not eaten the wig before, always been put off when it goes all inky, what they like?

 

Don't think they are really scales on the stem of the Armillaria's, more just expansion cracking of the stem fibres.

 

See this fairly regularly.

 

 

 

[sloth]

I've never tried them before- this is the only one I've ever found which wasn't inky! I'll add it to my brekkie tomorrow and report back.
Those double headed shrooms are brilliant by the way...

[sloth]

Mr wiggy was very tasty, I'm pleased to say. Very mild and slightly nutty flavour. Nice firm stem, not at all fibrous, the cap (though the gills were perfectly white still) was a bit soft, but not unpleasantly so.
One certainly doesn't make a meal though!

[slack ma girdle]

Would a wax cap be heading in the right direction?