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  1. David Humphries
    Nice shots of some cool trees. Where abouts Kevin? .
  2. David Humphries
    Depends on what type of fungi and what part of the fruitbody you wan't to look at. I'm no expert, having only really dabbled with microscopes at this stage. So I usually send my samples off to the Jodrell lab at Kew or to a local field mycologist. But I've found that this guidance is very clear and easy to understand and a great starting point....... Using a Microscope: Creating a Section to Study (MushroomExpert.Com) Using a Microscope (MushroomExpert.Com) What type of scope do you have? .
  3. David Humphries
    I've never really found much out there interms of papers/articles on resinaceum. Due to medicinal properties there's much more written about lucidum which I guess has relatively similar ecological attributes. Distinguishing commercially grown Ganoderma lucidum from Ganoderma lingzhi from Europe and East Asia on the basis of morphology, molecular phylogeny, and triterpenic acid profiles This old paper which has emphasis on the annual Ganodermas is worth a read..... http://anothersample.net/order/89e898bb61307778e34a963414aad3cdea4a5d82? .
  4. David Humphries
    Ali Nicoll discovered a very fine example of Confistulina (the anamorph stage of Fistulina hepatica) here on a veteran oak at Hampstead Heath yesterday. The mycology department at Kew were keen to get a sample and to log the location. Not particularly a rare occurrence (seen a few at work and elsewhere) but seemingly under reported. .
  5. David Humphries
    Geek .
  6. David Humphries
    Not entirely sure what you mean here Chris. Do you mean I. hispidus having dropped to the ground from higher up the trunk?
  7. David Humphries
    Think I'm suggesting that I regard myself (after 31 years of LA) as both a forward thinking and time serving nugget (18 years till retirement) .
  8. David Humphries
    Ash with a significant Perenniporia, Ganoderma and Inonotus hispidus colonisation that we've been reducing down over the last 10 years or so, toward a toppard/monolith. The last reduction phase (about 2 years ago) gave us the opportunity to resurrect and tether some of the removed white rotted upper branch wood lower into the canopy, as it was ideal hollowing habitat. Fast forward to today and the tree has given up the ghost (probably due to the Perenniporia) but is still functioning nicely as habitat for amongst other things this bee colony. .
  9. David Humphries
    Dynamic hazard beam developed over the last couple of days on this oak stretching over and above a well used road. Branch dipped by about 1.5m over night, so removed it today. .
  10. David Humphries
    Tick tock, tick tock..........31 down, only 18 to go .
  11. David Humphries
    Collybia fusipes on oak root .
  12. David Humphries
    Monolith grave yard by the church at Holkham Hall, Norfolk. .
  13. David Humphries
    A decent shout I would think. .
  14. David Humphries
    Can't see anything .
  15. David Humphries
    Looks a good choice Chris, looking forward to seeing your images. Just back from a couple of weeks away from the Heath so not entirely in tune with what's fruiting but looks to be brewing up nicely. Lots of new brackets in evidence, but not had the time to look at the fruiting of the mycorrhyzal species yet. Ali will be able to give you a better heads up on those. These from today whilst out and about......... Fistulina sneaking about inside this old oak tear out and from a pruning wound on a sweet chestnut Meripilus fruiting on the side of this old beech failure Laetiporus still fruiting, here on this occluding old oak wound Aurantiporus fruiting out of this wound on a big Fulham oak and from this fallen wild service branch Couple of young Fomes on a shed oak limb .
  16. David Humphries
    For organised read obsessive........ .
  17. David Humphries
    Five years between these shots, showing slow wound closure......... .
  18. David Humphries
    Cracking nest in one of our bat boxes today.........
  19. David Humphries
    Which camera did you go for Chris? .
  20. David Humphries
    Looks like one of the southern beech, Nothofagus species .
  21. David Humphries
    Nice Adam, any idea what age they are? .
  22. David Humphries
    Still would think these are confragosa .
  23. David Humphries
    Shout shout shoutity shout !!!! Great vid, cutting and rigging work though .
  24. David Humphries
    I've never been to Wakehurst, thanks for sharing the images Jerry (senior moment on t'other thread ) Yew reduction looks a tad on the harsh side .
  25. David Humphries
    Fair enough, cheers. .

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