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Nov 1, 2006 1:09 pm
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My tip on books (v subjective of course): The first one to buy is Roger Phillips. The 2nd edition has corrected some of the (few) mistakes in the 1st, but the...
Hello everyone, Apologies for the short notice for this one, but if you're free on Saturday lunchtime/afternoon and fancy a look for the Nail Fungus, Poronia,...
These fungi continued to grow very slowly over several days. Eventually I was able to get a scanty spore print, medium brown. The spores were regular, smooth,...
Quite appallingly short notice, I know, but anyone reluctant to let go of the foray season is invited to get in touch with me today or tomorrow morning for...
Planet Earth last night had amazing footage of fruiting fungi (and slime molds) in the tropics, including stinkhorns emerging from their 'eggs' & the ...
Yes, I watched this too and was enthralled. I'd only warn the less informed that such high-speed filming could possibly mislead - even fungi don't grow up...
Brian Wurzell
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Nov 21, 2006 12:21 am
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I've attached 2 pics of this, which was growing on an old chestnut log in Ruskin Park. It is about 4 x 5 cms, thin and tough, apparently attached to the log by...
I managed to get a few spores from the green disc, though not enough for a print. The spores are small, about 4mu, circular to polygonal; one was star shaped....
Beats me. Nothing like it in B&K volume 1. It looks kind of familiar. How about a lichen such as Peltigera or one of the Caloplaca's. Why not carefully remove...
Thanks Ted. I've already dried it, so maybe I'll take your advice. It doesn't look much like the images of Peltigera or Caloplaca I can find, but I know almost...
Hi Hilary, If your specimen is a lichen I may be able to help you. I have a fairly good rapport with the epiphytic ones most commonly found close to London -...
Brian Wurzell
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Nov 29, 2006 11:46 pm
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Thanks for your interest. I don't think my specimen is a lichen, for several reasons; It has typical fungal gills, radiating from the centre, some forked and...
Dear Hilary, Compliments of the season. I don't have Henrici's e-mail but you could try Peter Roberts instead. He took us round the new laboratories at the...
Thanks Edward. I think the "wrinkled cap" is in fact a gilled surface; the attachment to the wood was on the other side of it, and I got a few spores from the...
Ingrid recently reminded me of an article I'd written for BSBI News ( = Botanical Society of the British Isles) back in 2001. Entitled Mural Rarities Under...
Hi everyone, I echo Hilary's new year wishes, enjoyed her remarkably purple Trametes picture (tried hard to turn it into Chondrostereum, eventually deciding...
Hi folks, Thirded on the HNY and agree with Hilary that it's a pretty picture and agree with Brian that it's Chondrostereum. Excellent news that Brian can now ...
Thanks Keir. I agree, having looked it up on the web, that this is Chondrostereum. The illustrations in Phillips etc seem mostly to be of older specimens; I...
Dear All, Happy New Year, Some of you may remember that I was asked by the GLA to compile a list of rare fungi species in the Greater London area for their...
Dear All, Last week (Wednesday 10th January) I was visiting Walthamstow Resrvoir and came across fairly large quanties of an Arrhenia species (I'm not sure...
Dear Mark, Happy New Year. I have pics of L. ursinus and R. rubinus both from within Greater London. In fact the latter was my first collection of this...
Dear Andy, Ha! You have fallen into my trap! What I really need is from the likes of you is for you to write a brief entry for each of the listed species...
I've put a couple of photos in the folder 'Gilled fungi' which I think are of Amanita inopinata. I've never seen this species in the flesh, and the specimen...
Beautiful ! http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/01/ganoderma_lucidum.php I noticed in new Philips that G. lucidum has been upgraded (!) to Lacquered...
