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

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

not worth retention at all, to small to be of value and going by the two species of saprobes there is a great deal of death and dysfunction going on.

 

Species of fungi are Coprinus (the mushrooms) and Auriculare auricularia-judea ( the jews ear)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

That, I don't know.

 

 

Any volunteers ?

 

 

 

 

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Yes!

 

In no way shape nor form could laetiporus carry over a toxin via spores, not a toxin born of its host any way.

 

in order to do so the spore would have to be able to reproduce the toxin in itself as a mycelium, and any toxins that where carried within the spore would be so microscopicaly insignificant as to render it harmless.

 

Hows that?

 

a lot of fungi are capable of an alergic reaction in 10% of people, armilaria is eaten in spain but can cause stomach upsets in a few.

[chris cnc]

Yes!

 

In no way shape nor form could laetiporus carry over a toxin via spores, not a toxin born of its host any way.

 

in order to do so the spore would have to be able to reproduce the toxin in itself as a mycelium, and any toxins that where carried within the spore would be so microscopicaly insignificant as to render it harmless.

 

Hows that?

 

a lot of fungi are capable of an alergic reaction in 10% of people, armilaria is eaten in spain but can cause stomach upsets in a few.

 

 

makes sense!

[armchairarborist]

found this laetiporus on an oak near where we have been working in sutton coldfield, the oak looks to have had recent heavy pruning.

[armchairarborist]

the heavy pruning shown in january, nice to see healthy regrowth

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

That was a limb failure that has been cleaned up best as poss, these wounds are like candy to A laetiporus, its favourite entry scenario.

 

If it was reduced like the second image all is well and would have been for many decades, kept with low end wieghts and eventualy 50 years down the line pollarded this will rock on for ever and ever.

Edited June 7, 2010 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[Simon Rotheram]

Species of fungi are Coprinus (the mushrooms)

 

micaceus ?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

hard to tell from a photo, theres loads that look a like, do you want me to get into specifics?

 

got any other photos?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

C. micaceus differs from its similar kin, C. truncorum in that its young stems are wholly smooth, C. truncorum would be slighty pubsecent (hairy or fulffy)

 

it is certianly one of the two.

[sean freeman]

A few shots of a colourful fella from yesterdays wanderings through Coombabah wetlands here on the Gold Coast Qld.

 

Pycnoporus sanguineus is a fairly common saprophyte and one I have seen many many times but this was the largest fruiting body I have come across and had almost formed a disc...It commonly forms a small shelf without anything that might be described as a stalk.