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  1. Kveldssanger
    Probably a more polite way of saying crossfit.
  2. Kveldssanger
    That or some Hippophae rhamnoides inter-planted with Pyracantha. The person behind that planting scheme was clearly spineless.
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    lol that's class!
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    They missed a chance to get in some great Lombardy poplars, there! Plenty of space.
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    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!
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    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?
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    Yeah nice conk, there. Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (synonym is Inonotus dryadeus) is really pretty. Not one I see all that often, really.
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    Here's a nice new one from the Field Mycology journal (article entitled Phellinus conchatus in Britain is host to Europe's smallest beetle, Baranowskiella ehnstromi), showing that the fungal species scientifically known as Phellinopsis conchata that is found exclusively on Salix sp., is host to the tiny-as-can-be beetle Baranowskiella ehnstromi. As stated at the end of the article, "Mycologists are encouraged to look carefully at the pores of all species of Phellinus and it is even possible that undescribed species of ptiliid beetles exist on different fungal hosts." Curious. Might go and look at some Phellinus pomaceus! British Mycological Society Sign in
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    Makes sense - thanks for the clarification. Look forward to that article! I subscribe to the BMS so will get that when it's published.
  10. Kveldssanger
    According to Aljos Farjon, x Cuprocyparis leylandii, but according to my lecturers it was x Cupressocyparis leylandii. Given Farjon's expertise in the world of the gymnosperms, his classification is worth a lot I would say.
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    I heard from Mr Overall that Geoffrey Kibby says Confistulina hepatica 'aint named as so any longer. Anyone know any more on this, or if I just heard wrong? On the topic of the anamorph and teleomorph, look at them together here! A before and after shot. Wonder if one can 'anticipate' the difference. Note the lack of a hymenium (pore layer) on the anamorph in the foreground.
  12. Kveldssanger
    Give us a heads up when it really kicks into gear and I'll come up again. Think Andy is doing a walk in late October there, actually.
  13. Kveldssanger
    It was, indeed. Saw plenty of boletes being munched on by Hypomyces chrysospermus, and some really cool Scleroderma citrinum being parasitised by Pseudoboletus parasiticus! From the latter, I learned that it's actually a mycorrhizal bolete, though cannot get the necessary amount of nutrients from its mycorrizal associations alone and thus feasts on earthballs as well.
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    Here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B034'00.9%22N+0%C2%B011'02.7%22W/@51.5669238,-0.1846182,124m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d51.566923!4d-0.184071 So West Heath, actually.
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    Nice dyer's mazegill shots there! Spotted some up near Sandy Heath at the weekend, on a pine - both coming up from the root plate and on the shattered stem.
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    Buena suerte!
  17. Kveldssanger
    Yup F. hepatica. Benign - really poses very little risk to the tree, if any whatsoever (at least for a very long time - decades, if not centuries).
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    Oh - some Grifola coming out in Hampstead Heath by the Quercus patraea in the area that is largely fenced off for new tree planting purposes. Saw a few examples of it today. Take a look if you get the chance, before they get pinched!
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    Actually I got permission from one of the dental nurses to take photos. I did mention you guys did inspect it, and perhaps my mention of the fungus to her will prompt them to have another look at your verbal report...! Crown looking thin, too.
  20. Kveldssanger
    Here it is popping up on Fagus sylvatica, over in Hampstead by Golders Green station. I'm sure David know the one, as he spotted it last year. Interesting to note its on a buttress root, well away from the base of the beech - perhaps, this is causing the very pronounced root flaring, which Schwarze (in Diagnosis and Prognosis...) says Ganoderma effectively does in beech; usually G. australe, though G. resinaceum as well, clearly.
  21. Kveldssanger
    Both absurdly common, though this is the first time I have seen both fruit so closely together to one another. Looks like the anamorph of Fistulina hepatica, actually. In this case, the beefsteak came first, back in the second half of August (around 18th August, I would guess). The chicken is thus a late bloomer, and judging by its slightly over-mature state I'd say probably started growing around the first week of September.
  22. Kveldssanger
    No doubt about tailoring it to who you're dealing with, though my own opinion is that, as arboricultural professionals, ensuring we are - when liaising with one another - up to date with what the mycological community considered each fungal species to be, when referring to a fungus by its scientific name. Of course, if I were to call Cerioporus squamosus 'dryad saddle' then fine, though scientifically (and on a professional level) I'd consider it best-practice to refer to the fungus by its most up to date name; assuming one knows it.
  23. Kveldssanger
    Totally agree, Jules. I prefer to keep on top of it as it is indeed keeping up with the times, and ensures we're still being mycologically as accurate as possible.
  24. Kveldssanger
    A long selfie stick, indeed. Would be awesome.
  25. Kveldssanger
    oh dear

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