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

[David Humphries]

21 hours ago, petercb said:

On an old Elm stump not up on fungi so don't know what it is not seen it before in the wood

 

 

 

Not enough detail, any shots of the gills, stem or spore colour?

[petercb]

2 hours ago, David Humphries said:

Not enough detail, any shots of the gills, stem or spore colour?

Will take some more pictures over the next day or two thanks 

[OakStag]

Sorry for bad photos right in thinking ganoderma pfeifferi beeswax bracket?

[peds]

A handful of winter chanterelles all up in this bitch.

[Khriss]

Lovely one - been developing over weekend ! Was quarter size of this on Friday. 

 

 

[Khriss]

Oak of @1.5m dbh on Ridgway.  K

[David Humphries]

On 28/09/2018 at 11:47, OakStag said:

Sorry for bad photos right in thinking ganoderma pfeifferi beeswax bracket?

Could be, hard or soft brackets?

[OakStag]

Could be, hard or soft brackets?

Soft on top forgot to do a scratch test. But easily able to leave a fingerprint on them. Also after being pushed it was a bit moist.

[Gary Prentice]

On 27/09/2018 at 19:04, David Humphries said:

Might just be a natural flush of fruiting from the change of weather from hot prolonged summer to wet cooler autumn. Loads of species of sapro’s and Myco’s fruiting like crazy down here currently. May not be as a direct effect of the fire.

By observation, I'm sure that the location of fruiting is linked to the earlier fruiting. I've scoured the surrounding unburnt grass and heather and can't find a single specimen, yet for about a week/ten days they were popping up on the burnt ground. 

I'm thinking that there's either a change in the chemical constituency of the soil, due to the fires, or that there was sufficient heat to damage/kill the rhizomorphs which has led to fruiting. 

 

It's really strange, there's numerous FFBs scattered over the burnt areas right to the edge but nothing at all beyond them (that I can find)

[H]

Does anyone know what this is at the base of a Douglas fir?

Thanks in advance!

H