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

[David Humphries]

Fomes fomentarius on pond side poplar

 

 

 

Ganoderma resinaceum on roadside oak developing over a week

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rigidoporus ulmarius on woodland horse chestnut 

 

 

 

 

 

[slack ma girdle]

Some fine veteran oaks near Filton, Bristol, with interesting associated fungi. Nothing out of the ordinary, but the biggest oak bracket fungus i have ever seen.

[sean]

On 05/08/2018 at 12:24, slack ma girdle said:

Some fine veteran oaks near Filton, Bristol, with interesting associated fungi. Nothing out of the ordinary, but the biggest oak bracket fungus i have ever seen.

Hi Mate.... Where about are these please? Im in Bristol and wouldn't mind going to have a look. Are they on the Ancient Tree Inventory do you know? If not I can go and record them.

[slack ma girdle]

Hi Mate.... Where about are these please? Im in Bristol and wouldn't mind going to have a look. Are they on the Ancient Tree Inventory do you know? If not I can go and record them.

Hi Sean, they are in the grounds of the Mercure bristol north hotel.
https://www.mercurebristol.co.uk/
I have no idea whether the atf knows about them. I was there for a wedding and these magnificent trees cause my eye.

[sean]

32 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

Hi Sean, they are in the grounds of the Mercure bristol north hotel.
https://www.mercurebristol.co.uk/
I have no idea whether the atf knows about them. I was there for a wedding and these magnificent trees cause my eye.

Brilliant, thanks mate

[sean]

3 minutes ago, sean said:

Brilliant, thanks mate

Just checked on the Ancient Tree Inventory and theres no mention of them so I will go and see if they will let me survey and record them.

[Will Heal]

Some fine veteran oaks near Filton, Bristol, with interesting associated fungi. Nothing out of the ordinary, but the biggest oak bracket fungus i have ever seen.

Nice! But spotted these on an oak yesterday near savernake

[David Humphries]

Neoboletus luridiformis, (scarletina bolete) mycorrhizal on hornbeam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Splendid !

[Wolfie]

Nice rack on this Willow. You can just see a bit of the big limb that failed in the bottom left of the pic.