Kveldssanger

As is clearly obvious already but merely to clarify, since changing jobs and working as a consultant I have very little spare time (when also considering I'm buying a house, have personal commitments and whatnot, plus hobbies to pursue). Therefore, this thread is no more, in terms of new content. I'm getting back some momentum into Arbtalk and shall look to do some blog posts, however.

Some great photos there. Agreed that the tree needs some management!

Last two look like Coprinellus disseminatus (fairy ink cap) & a dried out Tremella mesenterica.

 

 

 

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Andy Overall showed me some of the Tremella looking like this last year and said it was more likely to be T. aurantia. Is there Stereum nearby? It's a parasitic fungus on another species, which would determine the species of Tremella.

And an article on wood decay fungi by another member....

Wonder who that was

Glad to see this is available online too now.

"Later in the meeting the Highways manager when questioned several times finally admitted that this decision had been taken without any consultation or advice from the City's Arboricultural team, which to me beggars belief"

This is some middle managers and some upper managers in the public sector doing what they do best: being absolutely diabolical at doing anything remotely useful.

Looks like Hypholoma capnoides, which is the conifer tuft. Only a presumption though, due to the lack of close-ups.

Nah Paul, I'd say you're bang on. Check the Stereum by running a blade over the fruiting body. If it turns red then it'll be Stereum rugosum, as S. gausapatum turns red and is found largely on oak only. Conversely, S. subtomentosum turns orange at the periphery on the underside and S. hirsutum doesn't do anything - the boring bugger.

Oh no! Hold up. I see pores on the underside of the later image - Stereum species lack pores. It might all be Trametes versicolor.

Hi Harry

 

They are galls. Are these lime leaves in the photo?

More commonly known as 'nail galls', I think.

A few more photos of the same oaks.

Unconventional in the sense all three oaks were colonised by Pseudoinonotus dryadeus and were spaced no more than 10m apart from each other. Makes me think about 1. the genotypes of the fungus within each oak (are they similar / of the same progeny?) and how they colonised (spore or other means?).

Today!? That's early for Pholiota, no?

Saw some over-mature dryad saddle and plenty of sulphur tuft so things are out. Awaiting the chicken onslaught, personally.

Must've been an hallucination

I'll add another case of Perenni on Robinia quite high up. And I do wonder what enlightened arbtalkers you were chatting with!

Thanks for that. I am based in North Norfolk so will read with interest. Cheers

You're welcome.

Tom Williamson gave a very animated and engaging talk at last years ATF gig, I could happily have a few jars with him talking trees and landscape for a few hours hours if I got the chance.

 

The man knows his landscape history for sure.

I'd join you!

Agreed, very interesting read indeed.

 

 

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Driving through the Cambridge countryside the other day and finally saw hedgerows adorned with mature Scots pines. Was a delight! First read of them in that book. Gutted I missed the ATF event they did last year. Hopefully there is another one planned.

Ordered some books, too. These are also on offer for cheap:

'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden

William Faden and Norfolk's Eighteenth Century Landscape

Hedgerow History

Got all incl p&p for £30. Rather sweet! Would have cost triple if they weren't on offer.

The Black Poplar down to a fiver, too - The Black Poplar

Down to 8 quid from 26!

Ancient Trees in the Landscape

I have read this book and can attest to it being very interesting. A steal for this price, frankly.

Windgather Press do a lot of good books on trees, in fact. Oxbow is their 'parent' print label.

I did a brief inspection of a site and came across this at first glance thought it was inonotus, now thinking gano.

Was on a Sorbus.

I'd agree with Ganoderma - probably Ganoderma australe.

Got me interested enough to go look at 'all' the FRDBI records for australe on gymnosperms (had lots of time last night as I played football at the weekend for the first time in a very long time, so was at home nursing my bruised ego and bones)

 

Andy O states in his "Southern Bracket or Artist’s Conk?" article that he didn't believe there were many/or any records of australe on conifers, I had a look through the 53 pages and found 40 or so listed as being associating with coniferous/gymnosperm species.

 

The majority of these appear to be on various Pine species but there are also records of;

2 on Douglas fir, 2 on Norway spruce, 1 on Western hemlock, 1 on Wellingtonia, 1 on Yew & also 1 on Larch on page 16

 

40+ of 5381 is obviously a very small overall percentage but its still a fairly significant number.

 

I wonder if the perceived low numbers are indicative of field mycologists perhaps not getting out in monocultural forests.

 

 

 

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Wow your legs must be hurting if you went through that many records! You can search by host species / genus, which can make it easier - sometimes...

40 or so is quite significant, as you say. Scaling that up, as these finds are probably random ones from easier-to-access locations, gymnosperms are perhaps not so infrequent when it comes to being a viable host. Certainly, it's relative when compared to finding Gano australe on angiosperms (which we do in diabolical abundance), though the converse is similarly true for Heterobasidion annosum or Phaeolus schweinitzii.

It can be a case often of find and ye shall seek and, as you allude to, maybe people don't go into pine stands with the intention of finding Gano australe. I know I'll keep an eye out forever more, on this association! Though this one was sheer luck that I found it. Spotting a white horizontal line at the base of a tree is almost a conclusive sign of a Ganoderma bracket!

When I have the time!

Confirmed Ganoderma australe on an impossibly ivy-clad but still living larch (Larix decidua). First record in the country, is my understanding. Found at Mote Park in Maidstone. Cuticle consistently over 1mm thick and spore over 10 microns in length - again, consistently.

Another species to add to the list that this fungus inhabits.

Likely candidate is Fuligo septica, as stated.

There are two species, no? One to the left and the one on the right.

Lovely post, David. Still itching to see G. carnosum.

At Burnham, I found a bracket that looked like applanatum though was in fact australe, as confirmed by measuring the spore.

Andy's article was a great one to help simplify the issue, certainly!