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Can any expert tell me if this is honey fungus?...
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I can find no trace of the black bootlaces that I've read about.

If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?

You've got at least two different species there, haven't you?

It would help if we could have a pic of the underside too. Gill colour
and the way it attaches to the stem is important.
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Kay
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You've got at least two different species there, haven't you?
I put it down to different stages of growth, but you may well be right.
The ones that have sprung up around a live tree have a more rounded cap
(?).

It would help if we could have a pic of the underside too. Gill colour
and the way it attaches to the stem is important.
I've also uploaded some pix of the undersides - does it help you
identify it?
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956

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Jim

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I've also uploaded some pix of the undersides - does it help you
identify it?
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956

Yes, honey fungus.

The young caps are good pickled, or cooked like you'd cook mushrooms.
Larger caps can be chopped and added to dishes, but by themselves are a
bit bland and not altogether a pleasant consistency.

Older caps and some of the younger stipes can be dried and powdered (in
a liquidiser) and the powder added to flavor and thicken stews,
casseroles, savoury pancakes, omlettes, etc.

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Rusty
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Yes, honey fungus.

Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!

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Jim

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Jim writes:
| In article ,
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| Yes, honey fungus.
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| Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!

Why? Realistically, the only thing to do with that is to live
with it, which may including attempting to reduce its spread,
but it is ubiquitous in the UK.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!

Why?

My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?

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Jim

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| Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
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| Why?
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| My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
| and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?

Yes :-)

The bit you see is the fruiting body, and removing it doesn't
weaken it at all. While it would stop it spreading spores, it
is not very infectious from spores and the spores are everywhere
in most of the UK. It MIGHT reduce the chances of infection,
but I haven't heard that it does, at least significantly.

The best way to weaken it is to remove all infected wood that
is close to the surface. It does not thrive well on deep roots.
But even that is of marginal benefit, traditional though the
advice is.

Don't bother with toxins to kill it. You would need to soak
the ground to the depth of 2+' with seriously nasty substances.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?

Yes.

It'll stop it from spreading spores just as well if you cook the fruit
bodies. (or otherwise destroy them, but, what a waste!)

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Yes, honey fungus.

Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!

Frying pan.

But you won't eradicate it - and it's becoming accepted that it only
attacks ailing trees and shrubs anyway.

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