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

[David Humphries]

5 hours ago, Gav73 said:

Stump puff balls (Lycoperdon pyriforme) 

 

[David Humphries]

2021 has been a cracking year for me regarding all things fungi.

 

Found some amazing species, co-authored a book, gave some online talks & got a microscope to take identification a bit further down the road. 2022 should open up a whole new microworld of geeky myco-fascination 😁🔬

 

Below image includes a few of my favourite finds this year from Hampstead, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk. Some already known, some new to me.

Species l-r are Silky rosegill (Volvariella bombycina), Summer truffle (Tuber aestivum), Eyelash fungus (Scutellina scutellata), Bilious Bolete (Rubroboletus legaliae), Earpick fungus (Auriscalium vulgare), Fluted Birds nest  (Cyathus striatus), Golden Scaly Cap (Pholiota aurivella), Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parisiticus) & Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca)

 

Further images can be seen @ https://www.instagram.com/tree_myco_man/

 

[slack ma girdle]

Tripe fungus Auricularia mesentericais ?

[David Humphries]

2 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

Tripe fungus Auricularia mesentericais ?

Yep

[slack ma girdle]

2 hours ago, David Humphries said:

Yep

👍

[Paul Barton]

Big ol' Pseudoinonotus dryadeus on Holm oak in Malvern. 

[AJStrees]

7 minutes ago, Paul Barton said:

Big ol' Pseudoinonotus dryadeus on Holm oak in Malvern. 

What system are you using there Paul? Looks a bit different to the usual picus I have seen. 

[Paul Barton]

10 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

What system are you using there Paul? Looks a bit different to the usual picus I have seen. 

Hello.  It's a Fakopp Arborsonic.  For interest, here is the tomogram image. 

[AJStrees]

6 minutes ago, Paul Barton said:

Hello.  It's a Fakopp Arborsonic.  For interest, here is the tomogram image. 

Thank you for that. Well that is quite interesting indeed. How does the Fakopp do compared to Picus, have you had experience with both? I mean from the image it looks like it does a pretty decent job. 

[Paul Barton]

19 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Thank you for that. Well that is quite interesting indeed. How does the Fakopp do compared to Picus, have you had experience with both? I mean from the image it looks like it does a pretty decent job. 

I have engaged a consultant with a Picus in the past and it did a good job I think. I like this system though - it's quite portable, fairly waterproof and provides useful information.  I couldn't tell you much about the different algorithms each system uses to provide the tomogram images but the Fakopp is a useful tool for me.  It also helped that it is considerably less expensive!  It has some helpful software for mapping the crown area and calculating wind-load on the trunk too.