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

[sean freeman]

No? You are right its more likely to be G.lucidum or G P. Karsten sp. here but for all macro characteristics almost indistinguishable from your G.resinaceum.

[sean freeman]

Lot of arguement over these fruiting bodies I can tell you.

 

Hopefully these pics are slightly better definition:

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2010 by sean freeman
Adding pics

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is unlike resinaceum for a few reasons.

 

I) wrong colour

II) wrong texture

III) is of a varibale character/form

 

Elaboration of III)- Unlike resinaceum which loosley forms a traditional bracket in profile the offering you display has the distinct form adaptability of fungi that are more root orientated. That is to say it is of a stem and umbrella profile, like that often associated with pheaolus, which can and does form a bracket when on a stem, or a "fan" when on a surface root.

 

Andrew cowan has a fine example of inonotus dryadeus also displaying this form adaptability to a more fan shaped profile, allowing for an increased spore surface area.

 

I very much doubt it, but maybe there is someone here who has an image of resinaceum forming a stem with all round spore capacity?

[Bart]

I posted some pics earlier in the thread of this Beech with Gannoderma and cracking to the main stem.

 

Xsection through bracket and stump

 

 

Also had another Beech taken down which had Merip & Kretz, any one know what the black tarry looking spots are.

[David Humphries]

had a wee walk in a new woods today, some nice finds.

 

Inonotus hispidus forming here on this Ash..........

 

 

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[David Humphries]

A fine rack of Pleurotus ostreatus - Oysters

 

No idea what the log was.

 

Check out the spore on shots 3,4,5 & 6

 

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[David Humphries]

same walk this arvo....

 

Dryads saddle - Polyporus squamosus

 

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[David Humphries]

Few more bits & pieces from the same woods a week on.

 

Nowt too rare, but keying in to a different time line, watching nature devour itself.

 

Igglies on Pluerotus ostreatus

Old dessicated Laetiporus on Yew

Ganodema racked along an old Beech trunk.

Poyporus squamosus

Gano on a windthrown Oak plate

Inonotus hispidus on Ash

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[Stephen Blair]

great pics, i really must get a good camera soon.

[David Humphries]

Thanks Stevie,

 

not so sure any more, that the type of camera is all that important to be honest.

 

Tony takes cracking shots on a pretty basic piece of hardware.

 

More about setting up the shot, getting down to bug level, and using what available light there is.

 

Get the wee fellas out there, they'll find the fung fascinating

 

 

 

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