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

[18 stoner]

My log heap invasion;

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Lots of Flamulina velutipes by the look, chestnut or elm logs?

[18 stoner]

Elm bud. Even the bags of split logs are full of fruit also:001_huh:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I find it fascinating how these latent propugules sit dormant in the wood until the wood dies and then they activate and fruit. natures awsome

[sean freeman]

As has become my habit over recent months visiting this thread and others like it continues to deliver very beautiful pictures and thoughtful comments.

 

I have some reasonably colourful shots of my own but would like to share these pics of for us a rare fruiting body, and I'm fairly certain not seen in the UK due to its preferrence for tropical conditions.

 

Phellinus noxious fruiting on the adventitious roots from a dead hoop pine (Araucaria Cunninghamii) that was growing for quite a few years on theedge of a drainage gully.

 

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

cool! something different for us U.k folk

 

would love to go to the amazon for a fungal foray!

[paullen]

 

 

I can't remember if I have already posted this one or not.

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

That is a beautiful example of p. ignarius

[paullen]

It was taken with a olympus 850SW, a tough compact which has been dropped out of trees, kicked around and generally abused for the past two years The full res pic is even better.

[Mesterh]

cool! something different for us U.k folk

 

would love to go to the amazon for a fungal foray!

 

Something from Brazil for ya.

 

Aint a clue what it is though:confused1:

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