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Fungus identification
Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus?
It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded intermittent river valley in limestone country. About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite boundary between the black and white areas. Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging curtains. I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed whether there were any oak in that habitat. The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on gardenbanter just to post a pic! -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
Kay wrote:
:: Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus? :: :: It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it :: was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded :: intermittent river valley in limestone country. :: :: About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the :: bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite :: boundary between the black and white areas. :: :: Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt :: spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped :: off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging :: curtains. :: :: I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more :: of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the :: colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed whether :: there were any oak in that habitat. :: :: The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather :: than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very :: good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. :: :: I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size :: limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on :: gardenbanter just to post a pic! There's no upper limit on the size of pictures to that group, but if you want to, resize it with oscars thumbmaker, I've used it hundreds of times to resize jpegs, it's freeware and a 700kb download from he http://www.snapfiles.com/get/oscarthumb.html It's really easy to use, just open it, browse to your folder where the pictures are, choose a destination folder where you want the thumbnails to land and click go. -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
"Kay" wrote in message ... Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus? It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded intermittent river valley in limestone country. About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite boundary between the black and white areas. Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging curtains. I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed whether there were any oak in that habitat. The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on gardenbanter just to post a pic! Gloeophyllum sepiarium or, G. odoratum? Favouring coniferous trees? -- ned http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk last update 12.07.2005 |
In article , Phil L
writes Kay wrote: :: Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus? :: :: It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it :: was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded :: intermittent river valley in limestone country. :: :: About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the :: bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite :: boundary between the black and white areas. :: :: Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt :: spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped :: off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging :: curtains. :: :: I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more :: of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the :: colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed whether :: there were any oak in that habitat. :: :: The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather :: than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very :: good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. :: :: I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size :: limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on :: gardenbanter just to post a pic! There's no upper limit on the size of pictures to that group, but if you want to, resize it with oscars thumbmaker, I've used it hundreds of times to resize jpegs, it's freeware and a 700kb download from he http://www.snapfiles.com/get/oscarthumb.html It's really easy to use, just open it, browse to your folder where the pictures are, choose a destination folder where you want the thumbnails to land and click go. Thanks. I've sent it as is to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. A bit OT, but hopefully they won't notice! -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
In article , ned writes
"Kay" wrote in message ... Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus? It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded intermittent river valley in limestone country. About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite boundary between the black and white areas. Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging curtains. I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed whether there were any oak in that habitat. The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on gardenbanter just to post a pic! Gloeophyllum sepiarium No. Basically pretty well white, just slightly cream, lovely clean colour not brown at all. And underneath are long tubes rather than ridges or, G. odoratum? Haven't found a pic of that. Favouring coniferous trees? Dunno. It was on one dead tree. And most of what was down there was beech and birch. Stupid of me not to make a note of what it was on. It just looked so different from anything I'd seen before that I assumed it would be easy to identify -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
Kay wrote:
:: In article , ned writes ::: ::: "Kay" wrote in message ::: ... :::: Can anyone hazard a guess at a fungus? :::: :::: It was a bracket fungus - foolishly I didn't note the tree type. But it :::: was a very dead moss covered tree in a heavily vegetated shaded :::: intermittent river valley in limestone country. :::: :::: About 6 inches long, with almost black short 'stem' merging into the :::: bracket which was white-cream, with an irregular but very definite :::: boundary between the black and white areas. :::: :::: Underneath, the 'gills' seemed at first to be 3/4 inch long blunt :::: spines, but on closer inspection looked more like irregularly chopped :::: off tubes, like torn macaroni. Or perhaps multiply crimped hanging :::: curtains. :::: :::: I considered Maze-gill Daedalea quercina, but the effect was much more :::: of hanging tubes rather than maze like effect pictured in Phillips, the :::: colour was much paler and creamier, and I doubt very much indeed :::: whether there were any oak in that habitat. :::: :::: The overall look was of Creolophus cirrhatus, but sort of tubes rather :::: than spines, and that is supposedly rare, and I have found it a very :::: good rule of thumb to assume that if I've found it, then it isn't rare. :::: :::: I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size :::: limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on :::: gardenbanter just to post a pic! ::: ::: Gloeophyllum sepiarium :: :: No. Basically pretty well white, just slightly cream, lovely clean :: colour not brown at all. And underneath are long tubes rather than :: ridges :: ::: or, G. odoratum? :: :: Haven't found a pic of that. :: There's 55 he http://snipurl.com/gklt -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
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from Kay contains these words: I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on gardenbanter just to post a pic! If you don't have Irfanview, I recommend downloading it. It's only a small (but very powerful) program, and you can resize/resample the pics with it. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
In article , Phil L
writes :: ::: or, G. odoratum? :: :: Haven't found a pic of that. :: There's 55 he http://snipurl.com/gklt Possibly. Better colour. Some of the pics of pores don't look right - pores into a smooth surface. Second pic from end looks right - dangling tubes. Problem is, seems to be another rarity in the UK - not in Phillips, only about a dozen uk hits in Google, and I just don't believe I would happen upon a rarity. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes The message from Kay contains these words: I've got pics, but they're 500KB each - not sure whether there's a size limit on alt.binaries.gardens and I draw the line at registering on gardenbanter just to post a pic! If you don't have Irfanview, I recommend downloading it. It's only a small (but very powerful) program, and you can resize/resample the pics with it. Thanks. I've re-sized it with paintshop pro, and there are a couple of pics now sitting on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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from Kay contains these words: Thanks. I've re-sized it with paintshop pro, and there are a couple of pics now sitting on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens I'd have to set up a different newsreader if I wanted to see them - this one isn't suitable for binary groups. (If I subscribed, I'd download the whole of what's on the server...) I'd be happy to receive them pinned to an emu. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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