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David Humphries

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  1. Very nice, looks like the Sarcoscypha’s are in full flow from around the various regions currently
  2. Likely to be Flammulina velutipes
  3. Need to show flesh, tubes and pores
  4. I suggest, emptying the old phone memory or take a small digital camera out with you. 🙂 And a guess, If the blue/green ones smelled strongly of aniseed then they are possibly Clitocybe odora - Aniseed Funnel but could also be Stropharia aeruginosa - Verdigris Roundhead. The orange ones maybe Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - False Chanterelle. Last one could be an Agaric or Lepiota species.
  5. The key to learning about fungal identification is looking at (and showing) all the features of the fruiting body. All of these features (gills, pores, stem, spore colour etc) help place the specimens in to family, genus, species. I could possibly take a stab at guessing the ident on your fine examples, but have learnt that more often information is often required to narrow down the idents. Have you got any more shots of the features?
  6. bet that was a right crack Mick, we had a great tour there in about ‘95, don’t remember the football much 😁
  7. not always, although playing at Stamford Bridge was a highlight 😁
  8. Tour to Berlin in 1991 for a mini tournament against British Military teams. Second from the right.
  9. Started on a horticultural apprenticeship at 16 in 1985 then the great storm in ‘87 changed my direction into arboricultural, 35 years later I’m still working on and around the same trees, although in a more finger pointing capacity. Nearly finished my apprenticeship 😁
  10. I think this is more likely to be desiccated Psuedoinonotus dryadeus brackets
  11. 😁 the Benzoin bracket, Ischnoderma benzoinum found on trunks and stumps of dead conifer species
  12. I would suspect that these are Ganoderma adspersum (the southern bracket) rather than Ganoderma applanatum ( the artist bracket) it’s quite difficult to determine a positive identification from just images of the fruiting body morphology. Microscopic assessment of the spores is really the only way to be sure. The tree appears to be adapting to internal decay and load. The pronounced developing buttressing and leaf coverage suggest good vitality but it would be prudent to have a thorough assessment undertaken by a professional.
  13. Not entirely sure but habit and features are similar to the clouded funnel (Clitocybe nebularis)
  14. A few fruitings from this morning in oak and beech woodland at work in north London. Amanita franchetii, Boletus edulis, Butyriboletus appendiculatus Grifola frondosa, Leratiomyces ceres, Russula ochroleuca, Paxilus involutus
  15. One of the yellow pored cracking Bolete species, possibly from the Xerocomellus
  16. Fistulina hepatica, the beefsteak fungus
  17. Run for your life ! 😁 Meripilus giganteus, (giant polypore) What you’re looking at are just the fruiting bodies of the fungus. By themselves, not what the focus needs to be on, Condition of the crown foliage. Soil health. Exposure to wind load . Level of occupancy around that tree in terms of target. site management protocols in terms of access around the tree during significant weather events. The above are some of the issues that should be considered before a saw is put to use.
  18. Last couple of days at work in north London, the rains have kick started the season

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