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Originally Posted by fairplay  In the rush to write things down, I got my species mixed up, the one which turned out to be the second record for Britain was in fact Phellinus wahlbergii and another find from the same wood which was thought to be the same, has now been determined as Phellinus torulosus.
The resupinate fungus growing on the Ganoderma australe (with nipple galls) was Sistotrema sernanderi.
We had with us Dan Dvorak from the Czech Republic who has done a lot of research in Europe and has concluded that it is only the species of Flat Footed fly known as Agathomyia wankowiczi which causes the galls in Ganoderma spp.
Other members present said they too had previously found nipple galls on G.australe, but did not mention anything as they assumed it may be a different fly, so we did learn something new to science that night.
Neil. |
I like this 'Flat-Footed Fly', wasn't there a Jazz Standard called that? Cab Calloway I think. Cheers, Alan
