David Humphries

5 hours ago, Gav73 said:

Stump puff balls (Lycoperdon pyriforme) 

25 minutes ago, Jon@CareFell said:

Could anyone enlighten me as to what these beauty’s are please?

Ganoderma resinaceum

7 hours ago, richyrich said:

I've got the AA Fungi on Trees book. Just looked up your book- might get in future! 

Is the fungi harmful? It's a mature Ash in my field at home. About 15 years ago i dug a pond near it. It knocked the foliage back for a year or 2 with root damage, but not seen any fungus on til this one..

‘If’ it’s Gymnopus junonius, it’s is a saprotroph that will be taking its sustenance within dysfunctional areas of the damaged wood volumes (probably the roots) 

It will be a slow process of degradation. 
If the tree is in decline due to more than the root damage (other disease/dysfunction) the fungi will be part of the succession of the ongoing decline. 

Difficult to be sure when the specimens are starting to over mature.

Easier when they are in early development. 

host (although found associating with a wide range of broadleaves) 

Cap colour (although a little faded here)

No cap scales (although they may have washed off) 

Gill colour

Gills are crowded

Gills possibly adnate 

remnant ring on stipe 

and a hunch 😁

A slice of the bracket to show flesh and tube colour would help with identification, also an idea of spore colour is useful. Worth considering Rigidoporus ulmarius and Perenniporia fraxinea 

Maybe worth considering Gymnopilus junonius 

Brown flesh, white pore layer. Ganoderma species, possibly Ganoderma adspersum/australe 

Not its typical form, but worth considering White saddle (Helvella crispa) 

usually looks like this....

7 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Some small groups of these fantastic guys were under Cedrus Atlantica.

Parasol mushroom. Macrolepiota procera. I’m assuming.

Hard to be sure without clearer id features but Macrolepiota procera has brown scales on the stem which these don’t appear to have so worth considering one of the shaggy parasols like Chlorophylum rhacodes

7 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Is this the rosy bonnet? Mycena rosea. lovely colour it was.

Yep

1 hour ago, DanHorrich87 said:

Trying to ID this. Golden scalycap?

Probably Golden scaly cap (Pholiota aurivella) but may also be its close relative Pholiota adiposa. 

We use Propellar on soles of boots and chain bars when moving between different sensitive sites.

@slack ma girdle

Pluteus aurantiorugosus

Rhodotus palmatus

Just now, slack ma girdle said:

Ash log

Likely to be the Flame Shield (Pluteus aurantiorugosus) 

11 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

I want it to be a wrinkled peach,  but i don't think it is,  any thoughts?

What’s it on? 

Last week at Staverton Park, Suffolk 

Nice find !

Based on the tree host, if your examples have yellow pores and the pores and flesh bruises blue when cut then i would suggest comparing either Caloboletus radicans (the rooting bolete) or Caloboletus calapus (the bitter beech bolete). If the examples have yellow pores and do not bruise when touched or cut then worth comparing to Hemileccinum impolitum (the iodoine bolete).  

G. junonius will have a ring on the stem and rust orange gills.

Did these definitely have gills?

Any shots from underneath?

they ‘look’ more like a Bolete species to me. 

Sad to hear, thoughts with his family and friends 

Not likely to be fungi, possibly bleeding canker like Phytophthora (P. cactorum or P. plurivora)

Or possible vascular dysfunction caused by a root pathogen like Armillaria. 

Depends on your experience, but it may be worth considering the Basic TI course to cover the fundamental aspects of inspection before moving toward the intermediate level and then Professional TI after gaining 2/3 years work field experience. 

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Murphy the fung mutt sniffing out the fruits of the forest with me.

Not an Arbdog in the strict sense, as he's never been at work with me on a felling site but comes out occasionally whilst inspecting.