David Humphries

If copper beech, likely a graft 

On 22/03/2023 at 20:49, ClintG said:

First thoughts were Fistulina but then I discovered Buglossoporous when researching, maybe something else? On a declining Oak, near base of stem.

 

 

Ganoderma resinaceum

47 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

 

 

 

Very nice, looks like the Sarcoscypha’s are in full flow from around the various regions currently 

13 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

I like the waxcap photo 👍

Wot are the small blobby ones?

which ones? 

Likely to be Flammulina velutipes

Need to show flesh, tubes and pores

16 minutes ago, Treemover said:

David, sadly thats all I was able to take on that visit, joys of an old ifone and not enough memory!

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. 

1 hour ago, Treemover said:

I really must get myself a book and start getting up to speed! On a recent outing found these?

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?  

A few of my favourite finds of 2022

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Rudgwick football club trip to Amsterdam 92 ish.

 

Every man Jack of us got larruped non stop, played some kind of mini tournament, which was incidental.
Spent every day getting stoned in the Hill Street Blues bar in the centre, then evenings strolling round the red light area.

 

bet that was a right crack Mick, we had a great tour there in about ‘95, don’t remember the football much 😁

24 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

You always have to go one better don’t you 😂

not always, although playing at Stamford Bridge was a highlight 😁

Tour to Berlin in 1991 for a mini tournament against British Military teams. Second from the right. 

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 😁

I think this is more likely to be desiccated Psuedoinonotus dryadeus brackets

7 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

What’s the top one? (Like I know what all the others are)

😁 

the Benzoin bracket, Ischnoderma benzoinum

found on trunks and stumps of dead conifer species

Some fungal stuff from Thetford forest today 

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. 

20 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Saw these in a wood today, seeming to follow the line of an oak root nearby.

Any ideas?

Not entirely sure but habit and features are similar to the clouded funnel (Clitocybe nebularis) 

21 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

I'm sure that this is an easy fungi to identify, but i am going round in circles. Any thoughts?

One of the Hypholoma species like Sulphur tuft, 

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

8 hours ago, andrewmiskin said:

Found a few of these on one of our lawns. The only fungi I know is what I find on the shelves in the supermarket. 😊.

One of the yellow pored cracking Bolete species, possibly from the Xerocomellus

Fistulina hepatica, the beefsteak fungus 

2 hours ago, youngsbury said:

Came across these today on a beast of a beech ! Anything to worry about. 

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. 

8 minutes ago, htb said:

Hopefully on here now. 

Thanks

Meripilus giganteus