Along with our lovely celandine and crocus blossoms, whose heart amongst us is not equally evoked by the fungal harbingers of another spring? And when these...
Hi, I've just joined the group as I figured I may have somethings of interest to contribute while benefiting from the knowledge of other members regarding my ...
Dear Tim What a great new addition to our urban foraying community your sub-urban forays bring! I am going to take a stab at identifying your first picture. It...
Thanks Brian for an inspiring harbinger of spring. I will look out for Xylaria carpophyla- the beeechmast candle snuff, on my way to the station through...
It's nice to get some enthusiastic feedback on the subject. I suspected as much regarding the great variety of fungus making identification by a photograph...
Your second photograph is very useful as it gives a clear view of the under surface of the brackets. I think it also shows that the bluish tinge I claimed to...
On further looking into the forms that Dry Rot fungus can take I came across the statement in Roger Phillips that the fruit body is "usually resupinate but...
Just come across this thread - what a fascinating subject! And where to start in discussing it? Well, first things first, a big thank you and welcome to Tim on...
A little off topic (tho' prompted by Keir's comments) but there was an interesting article by Richard Mabey in Saturday's Grauniad about NN series :...
Ingrid - brilliant! Thanks very much for pointing us in this most stimulating direction. A whole host of thoughts occur to me, most of which are either...
Yes a fine, long and rambling article by Mabers. Like a good foray really. I doubt he has read Spooner and Roberts. I would love to dip into my copy (yes it is...
Wow! Thanks for the replies everyone. That's given me a lot to go on, and think about. Also thanks very much for the book recommendation, I'll try to get my...
All very fascinating, this sewer stuff. Especially as I have just received the invitation I've been excitedly looking forward to for months, the social...
This is very interesting; one of the things mycologists say when they haven't a clue. Another favourite phrase is "I will take a piece to look at under the...
As mentioned previously, I've now posted a couple of photographs of another group of what appear to be a mushroom of some sort, although there does seem to be...
Marvellous! No idea what it is but that lava-lamp effect definitely does it for me, and I'd vote for this photo in any 'Photo of the Year' competition. Tim -...
Please feel free to use it on the front page. It's a real shame I couldn't get within a good enough distance to do it photographic justice, but I'm sure I'll...
Hello everyone, It's spring and the sun's shining even if the weather people still swear we're going to get snow and ice for Easter! Herts Fungi Group have...
Whilst I was scribbling my previous note, I had an email from Honia at LWT Camley Street sitting in my inbox. So, please pencil in confirmation of this date....
OK great. I am still diligently looking for Sclerotinia tuberosa in the sea of celandine and wind flower in the woods on my way to work but with no luck so...
Happy Easter! I've uploaded 5 photos of a Cortinarius (I think!) which I found 2 days' ago inside our terracotta 'toad home' next to the pond in the garden...
Rushing in where angels fear to tread may I suggest Cortinarius (Telamonia) obtusus, the only spring fruiting species of the subgenus Telamonia. The cap dries...
Hi Ingrid, Sure looks Corty, doesn't it? We could hide behind the oft-expressed injunction with Cortinarius that multiple specimens of all ages are needed to...
Hi- Is the Trent Park Foray definately going ahead? I am a new member, who doesn't know much about funghi I've been on one foray. I wondered if its okay to...
Yes the foray is definitely going ahead. It is in the LNHS calendar (but you don't have to be a member of LNHS) as well as being advertised on this group. All...
Hi Ted, Keir et al, Thanks for your responses to my Corty 'toad stool' (hahaha, love it!). I did have a serious sniffing session when I picked it - I'm afraid...
Tree roots can reach many metres beyond the canopy of the associated tree. The note Keir found in FRDBI is very relevant. Probably people do what I did, which...
I'm never quite sure how seriously to take the fruiting season. Obviously its one clue amongst many, but I've been finding all sorts of things that shouldn't...
