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

[slack ma girdle]

Mycelium imprints on beech bark that fell off whilst splitting.

[OakStag]

Ganoderma? Or Rigidoporus? Was 80% sure it was ganoderma australe\Applantum. However the strange growth on top threw me off about along with the fairly large lip. Anyone able to confirm please?

[David Humphries]

Ganoderma definately

 

Rigi has white flesh

[Dai.]

Hi all.

 

Just looking for bit of help with ID please. Found this on a beech, about 12 foot up on the main stem. No obvious sign of injury where the fungi was but it had a pretty big cavity at the base and a decent amount of kretzschmaria deusta around the base too. 

My fungi skills are pretty limited, but is it oyster fungus? I couldn't find any alternatives with the gills so prominent in my book. Unsure as I found it mid April, but according to said book, oyster fungus autumn/winter fruiting and non persistent? 

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[David Humphries]

58 minutes ago, Dai. said:

Hi all.

 

Just looking for bit of help with ID please. Found this on a beech, about 12 foot up on the main stem. No obvious sign of injury where the fungi was but it had a pretty big cavity at the base and a decent amount of kretzschmaria deusta around the base too. 

My fungi skills are pretty limited, but is it oyster fungus? I couldn't find any alternatives with the gills so prominent in my book. Unsure as I found it mid April, but according to said book, oyster fungus autumn/winter fruiting and non persistent? 

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I suspect these are Pleurotus

[David Humphries]

11 minutes ago, Chessa said:

Would you put this in yer compost?

Look like Velvet Erineum galls caused by tiny eriophyid mites, not seen that before.

Not a fungi though.

[David Humphries]

Some impressive Laetiporus fruiting over the last few days down here in the balmy south.

 

This particular host hasn't had fruit bodies for the last couple of years, guess it probably has a rest year after putting such a large set of sporophores.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark J]

That looks like Dryads Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus.

[Mark J]

Chicken of the woods

[David Humphries]

Few interesting finds over the last week or so.

 

Dichomitus campestris dead oak branch Hampstead Heath

 

 

Hericium chirratum dead Horse chestnut limb HH

 

 

Ganoderma resinaceum red oak HH

 

 

Radulomyces molaris dead oak branch HH

 

 

Cerioporus (Polyporus) squamosus declining Horse chestnut HH

 

 

Stemonitis fusca dead pine trunk HH

 

 

Fomes fomentarius red oak HH

 

 

Ramaria sp (possibly R. stricta) dead Horse chestnut branch HH

 

 

Amanita fulva with Sweet chestnut Greenwich Park