Went out to spot fungi today...

[Kveldssanger]

Thanks for that link. Here's another good one - Illegal foragers are stripping UK forests of fungi | Environment | The Guardian

[Kveldssanger]

Here's four days difference between L. sulphureus. I posted the first pics on 15/08/15, taken in the early afternoon. Four days later, here is the difference:

 

Big picture (no loss in resolution): http://i.imgur.com/MgyV3is.jpg

 

And one for the forum (huge loss in resolution):

 

 

This is on a moderately-sized, though probably nearing (or within) early maturity, Q. robur.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What I do on my days off really is rather sad, eh!

 

Can anyone ID the two species below, please.

 

First one is taken, in two places (first one a moderately-sized log and the second on an old coppice stump), from dead sweet chestnut wood. Could it be L. sulphureus? Unsure as most brackets I have seen have been far larger and more numerous / tufty.

 

 

Second one is taken on a mature oak. I'm thinking either early G. resinaceum or I. dryadeus (leaning more towards the former), though I am unsure.

 

 

Ta.

 

not sad at all, in fact i found the journey rather rewarding and challenging

 

And if you look a little youll find your in rather good company:biggrin:

[Kveldssanger]

Oh no question. Treat it merely as an ice-breaker.

 

I do find myself talking to the trees at times. Often remark on the beauty of some, and the poor health of others. It's such a great profession to be in, and I haven't had anyone ever suggest my job is "boring". Usually, people seem envious and, if I'm honest, most probably didn't think such a job existed!

[Kveldssanger]

Quite a good day today for fungi.

 

R. ulmarius within a hollow of a P. x candensis ssp.:

 

Some sort of agaric (Mycena sp. or Coprinus sp. (disseminatus)?) on Populus sp.:

 

Growth on the rib of a wound on P. tremula:

 

Some rather nice G. resinaceum on Q. robur:

Edited August 20, 2015 by Kveldssanger

[David Humphries]

Think the second gallery are Coprinus species and the growth on the poplar rib may be a Postia species

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Thanks, David. Looking at Roger Phillips' book and Michael Jordan's book as we speak. Got R. ulmarius right this time - it's not G. applanatum!

[Kveldssanger]

Having looked at both books, I'm leaning towards Coprinus disseminatus. The other species are too large, and the cap colouration is similar to that of what I saw - particularly in Roger Phillips' book.

[David Humphries]

Having looked at both books, I'm leaning towards Coprinus disseminatus. The other species are too large, and the cap colouration is similar to that of what I saw - particularly in Roger Phillips' book.

 

 

Think I would agree

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Suspected G. applanatum on Aesculus x carnea (thank you to a fellow TO from a nearby borough for letting me know about this one):

 

Meripilus giganteus (I do believe) on stump 'shadows' of (most probably) Fagus sylvatica (it's either that or Platanus x hispanica as both species line this particular street, and I have never heard of this fungus using plane as a host):