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John, No, not a bit negative, realistic. The suggestion for the two possible species came from me and future comparing of last year's annual fungi to pictures in any book or other medium will have no result at all, because you'll never find photo's of old and desicated fruitbodies in any of them.
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Nick, This is a saprotrophic Psathyrella species, probably P. candolleana, that lives on dead plant and tree debris and does no harm to the tree at all.
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1. N. galligena can only be distinguished from N. ditissima (see my avatar for a photo of a 56 years old "exploded" target canker on beech) by identifying the species from the extremely rare teleomorphs and because of that, N. galligena is often mistaken for N. ditissima. Besides, N. galligena only is partically agressive on Malus and is considered to be a secondary parasite ocurring after frost damage to the trunk. 2. N. cinnabarina is restricted to dead or living twigs and branches and does not invade living tissues of stems.
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Tony & Tony, In modern biological or ecological and psychological, ethological or social behavioural theory, symbiosis, cooperation, mutalism and altruism are all considered to be forms of balanced parasitism or egocentrism. The only type of relationship between two or more organisms free of this is considered to be synergy. According to these theories, human and non-human ecosystems go from equilibrium to equilibrium while tuning and calibrating the phases the family or ecosystem goes through to the positions of the participants in the "dance" of the total system. Also see my post on system theory. Recent studies by Dutch ecologists show that evolutionary processes can either be slow or rapid and "bumpy" by skipping steps or taking more than one step at the time (progression) as a "reaction" to sudden dramatic changes and sometimes the process of evolution even goes backwards (regression).
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David, So you suggest I don't ?
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Andy, I doubt that it is possible to identify these desicated last year's fb's with either of your suggested options .
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Hard to say from the pictures. It certainly is no Ganoderma nor Inonotus, but with pores and tubes an old Polyporus species or with gills Pleurotus ostreatus.
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Algae or cyanobacteria.
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Guy, The Nectria should be identified microscopically. N. cinnabarina is not very harmful, because it is not associated with necrotic bark or killing of living tissues and often occurs after sun scald. N. ditissima and N. coccinea however, are far more detrimental to beech because they cause necrotic living tissues, bark deformation and cankers.
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Some shots from my yesterday's visit to a woodland I monitor. 1. Fomes fomentarius on beech with woodpecker activity. 2. Fomes fomentarius on birch with 17 perennial brackets and last year's fruiting of Trametes hirsuta. 3. Fomes fomentarius on Populus alba. 4. Fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis pinicola on birch. ---
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Correct, overly white because it was overexposed by the flash light.
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The lower brackets are so dark, because the photo was taken with flash light, which creates a "dark tunnel effect" in the lower half of the scene because the light didn't reach the "bottom". The true colour would be more like that of the brackets on top.
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Certainly not as Ryvarden & Gilbertson don't mention Quercus as a host in their list of 27 broadleaved tree species P. ignarius has been documented from. Remarks : "... the list of hosts should be interpreted with care. The Phellinus ignarius complex is probably the most difficult complex of the whole genus."
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Paul, Although in my country alcohol is not allowed in the playground, I'm going to have a beer anyway, so
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Mark, Easy to distinguish : Phellinus has white spores, Ganoderma has rusty brown spores.
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1. No, as I said before : even the correct use of these terms does not add to nor strengthen the validity of your arguements used in attacking the views and experiences of others on the subject of supposed corruption of civil servants. 2. I would suggest you take some time off to visit the library of the psychology and psychophysiology department of an university. 3. Any blind arborists visiting this site or met lately ?
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Mark, No, it probably is Phellinus robustus.
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Indeed, this already is boring and you're not going anywhere. Ever heard of meta-communication ? And need a bit of feedback on your display of superiority by posing as an intellectual and on your arrogant and disqualifying style of communication ? Is this what one needs to become a site moderator on this tree forum or does one have to be a raffle sponsor too ?
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Pic. 2 : Too old to identify, could be the last year's bracket of an Inonotus species. Pic. 3 : Vomit from a heron or a polecat that has eaten a female frog.
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1. Using some terms from cognitive and social psychology and citing non-scientific sources doesn't add to the value or validity of your arguements in the discussion on this forum. 2. Because the physiology of their brain and the restrictions of human eye sight play tricks with them, one of the many identified phenomena your superficial sources don't take into account.
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Being a clinical psychologist, I have the following question : what books does this "bottom line" statement on human behaviour come from or is this your private theory on human psychology ?
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
Fungus replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Bart, 1. . 2. young Xylaria longipes. -
... a white rotter and along with the also brown rot causing Sparassis crispa ?
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The "fruit" or more probably dung flies could either be hatching from the substrate (horse dung) or from the moist peat. Because the normal procedure is to cover the inoculated compost with a layer of moistened flower pot soil, not with peat, I think the mushroom will not fruit at all.
