Kveldssanger

Good luck! Great place to learn, for certain. Who is your tutor - Andy?

Opposite buds. A type of maple, perhaps? Acer distylum?

Very pretty. Lovely scientific name, as well.

Having spoken to someone who is pretty darn good with fungi, they think it may be F. wahlbergii, which is a red data species and thus very rare. Only ten records in the UK, I am told. I'll give the place a call tomorrow and see if they can arrange for some spores to be sent off to check, and a small cutting, to both this expert and probably also Kew.

Neat. Not seen much in the way of boletes around here yet. Unfortunately the grass cutters are out for three weeks now, so that might blitz some emerging fungi.

Sweet. Thanks. Will bear that in mind when down that way, seeing family.

Nice shots there. Hopefully David can confirm if it indeed is.

Out of curiosity, where exactly is this tree? Might use it as an excuse to drive down to the New Forest for a day soon, if it's down that way...

My first impression was P. dryadeus, too. If it is, that's perhaps one cause of the marked buttressing. Is it the most 'hazardous' fungus in the world? Probably not. Best shot is to PICUS the tree or run a Resistograph through it. From a tree health perspective, I'd suggest the former. It'd be largely unwise to fell / prune / do nothing without such information, given where it is.

And some Dead Can Dance (darkwave)

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBtP8KzI9o[/ame]

Some Vedic-driven stuff:

[ame]

I just finished reading this book. I genuinely enjoyed it. Not a great deal I didn't already know, though the manner in which the author conveys his knowledge is quite brilliant. It's so easy to read, it's as if the words just roll gracefully off the page. Certainly one people should buy, as it completely instills a heightened sense of morality in the reader. Look after the trees, treat them with care and respect, be humble in their presence, and do not deny them their social needs. Like us, trees need their parents (sometimes surrogates), as do they need their kin and comrades.

That'd align with my thoughts on it being a Phellinus species (or what was once considered Phellinus pini). Never heard of that polypore - will check it out.

Almost strikes me as Porodaedalea pini on steroids, with regards to the colouration and morphology. Unsure about Perenniporia fraxinea, as the trama (flesh) seems to be too rustic in colour. Do you have any close-up shots of the tube layer and flesh, etc? From these photos alone, it's hard to really make any concrete suggestions.

When you say Chinese euonymous, what is the scientific name for the tree? Too vague of a description with the host.

Yup P. dryadeus. Nice find.

Good one, it's cool how they play at pretending to be a different species

 

 

 

Sneaky wee things

 

 

 

 

.

Aye! Particularly important to discern them through means other than looking at the sporophore as a whole, as Gano and Rigidi cause selective white and brown rot, respectively.

On the topic of deceivers, what I thought was Ganoderma resinaceum on poplar (Populus sp.) for some months was actually Perenniporia fraxinea. As you may be able to appreciate, it did look resinaceum-y. Only when it started to move towards its annual slumber did I stop and question whether it was. First three shots are from earlier on in the year, and the last two just a few days back.

I'd agree with David - merip. Doesn't have the colouration necessary for Grifola.

Cool hens and oak tongues, there. Much prefer oak tongue to beefsteak...

Some cheeky little Rigidoporus ulmarius on Acer negundo. Drove past last week and thought it was Ganoderma australe, but it was a little more exciting than that. Lovely beetle galleries in the dead sections, judging by all the exit holes.

The tree is quite evidently suffering, having lost some major limbs, and therefore whilst the crown will be collapsed due to the decay all up the stem, the dieback in the crown, etc, the trunk will remain for the fungal habitat and the sprouts can grow up to form a new crown much lower and smaller in size (assuming those there already survive).

Unfortunately, I couldn't definitively say what this is. Other users with more experience may have a better inclination, however. It looks like the fungus was perhaps pulled up from the earth, from looking at the second image - maybe some buried deadwood just below the surface. Of course, it could be parasitic, or even colonising upon a dead root tracking just beneath the surface.

Probably a more polite way of saying crossfit.

That or some Hippophae rhamnoides inter-planted with Pyracantha. The person behind that planting scheme was clearly spineless.

lol that's class!

They missed a chance to get in some great Lombardy poplars, there! Plenty of space.

I really must see Podoscypha multizonata in the flesh! I'd come up this weekend, though I'm out with the missus exploring a large park on Sunday (with many mature oaks, so perhaps some bits will be about after today's rain), and Saturday is a well-earned relaxing day. Will go down to some nearby ASNW and AW and explore.

With regards to Perenni on poplar, I actually saw some today. Thought it was Gano resi for so long, though took a slice out and it was Perenni. Cheeky thing. Somewhat glad I had the poplar reduced!

Pores don't look maze-like enough to be Daedalea quercina, and noting the white flesh (trama) I'd be inclined to say it could be Daedaleopsis confragosa, but that'd be an unlikely coloniser of an oak's buttress zone (unless it was dead, or on a dead area of the base?). It cannot be Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, because the trama is white and not rust-coloured. Pores are too big to be Buglossoporus quercinus. Could perhaps be Pseudotramates gibbosa, noting the pore layer and trama colour.

Do you still have the fungus? If so, some closer images from side on, looking down, looking closer at the pores, tube layer, etc, would be great. Also, was the area of wood it was found on dead or alive?