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

[Tallgrass]

4 hours ago, David Humphries said:

I don't think these are I. cuticularis, have a look at Ischnoderma resinosum.

Yes the underside is not right for an Inonotus. Thanks for your help. I'll look it up. 

[Ty Korrigan]

Am I looking at mature Sulphur tuft here?

Damn they look like Chanterelles.

Stuart

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by Ty Korrigan

[David Humphries]

2 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Am I looking at mature Sulphur tuft here?

Damn they look like Chanterelles.

Stuart

 

Pretty sure they’re not sulphur tuft as sulphur’s have adante gills and your ones appear to have decurrent gills.

[Paul in the woods]

3 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Damn they look like Chanterelles.

 

They're not Chanterelles, at a guess could they be some form of Omphalotus?

[sime42]

What is this?!!! Looks like a real sea sponge. Never seen it before. Found it this afternoon when out collecting chestnuts. It was at the base of a chestnut tree, or possibly an Oak, (wish I'd taken more careful note at the time).

[sime42]

This is the beast;-

[Paul in the woods]

6 minutes ago, sime42 said:

What is this?!!! Looks like a real sea sponge. Never seen it before. Found it this afternoon when out collecting chestnuts. It was at the base of a chestnut tree, or possibly an Oak, (wish I'd taken more careful note at the time).

Could it have been a pine tree? There's needles about and it looks like Sparassis crispa.

[sime42]

Yeah, I think you're right, thanks Paul. I was so busy looking at the ground for chestnuts that I didn't really notice the trees apart from chestnuts and some oaks. But as you say they're definitely pine needles and that bark looks like a big pine tree as well.
I'm pretty sure now that it was a Sparassis crispa. A new fungus to me, my lesson for the day. Common name Cauliflower Fungus. It's edible apparently.

[Paul in the woods]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

Common name Cauliflower Fungus. It's edible apparently.

Yep, I really like it if the specimen isn't too old and with a bit of careful cleaning.

[Ty Korrigan]

Client sent me these.

I spotted the vestiges of fungi last Autumn at the base of a 35+m poplar which is being used as one of 4 supports for a large cabin mounted some 4m off the ground.

If... this is Armillaria sp. I will propose a staged reduction over the next few years to reduce leverage.

 

Something else I'd like to try is to let the climber use spikes in Springtime and treat the wounds with rooting hormone.

The tree is coming down anyway in time and perhaps the spike wounds might generate some new growth?

I notice poplar sometimes developes a thick roll of cork cambium around the wound after the main stem has been felled and from this new shoots grow.

Mad to try that out?

  Stuart