| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 29 | 30 |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
| |
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
| |
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
| |
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
| |
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
| 1 | 2 |  » Stats |
Members: 50,139
Threads: 82,299
Posts: 852,946
Top Poster: glsammy (15,069)
| | Welcome to our newest member, jo0ls | |  | 
22-01-2008, 04:59 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Northants
Posts: 3,287
| | | Leafy Brain Fungus?
Took this pic yesterday at a very wet Salcey Forest. This fungus was approximately 4" long and apart from it's brown colouring, was very similar in general appearance to Tremella mesenterica.
The only close match I could find in Jordan was Tremella foliacea . As I have never previously seen T. foliacea I would appreciate confirmation of id before uploading the image to the Gallery. 
Bruce 
Last edited by Bruce Williams; 22-01-2008 at 05:01 PM.
|
22-01-2008, 05:33 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hindhead
Posts: 1,104
| | | Re: Would appreciate confirmation - Leafy Brain Fungus?
It does look line one. A nice find. I've not seen one for years, and yet I used to see them often. |
22-01-2008, 05:35 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: East Harling, Norfolk
Posts: 8,965
| | | Re: Would appreciate confirmation - Leafy Brain Fungus?
A smashing find Bruce |
22-01-2008, 05:46 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nairn,Nairnshire,Scotland
Posts: 3,355
| | | Re: Would appreciate confirmation - Leafy Brain Fungus?
Just had a check in the books and it certainly looks like it,nice image by the way well done
__________________
Cheers............Bill |
22-01-2008, 06:08 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,297
| | | Re: Leafy Brain Fungus?
I wonder whether the two different species of snail beautifully captured in the shot were actually feeding on the fungus, or perhaps feeding on bacteria or something else living on the surface of the fungus, or even just passing through.
I guess you'd have to wait around for quite a long time with snails to be sure.
I remember being surprised last year by the number of beautiful dark shiny Dor Beetles I found feeding on Russulas. I hadn't realised they were fungi fans.
Ken
Last edited by Fungus Ken; 22-01-2008 at 06:11 PM.
|
22-01-2008, 07:08 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Northants
Posts: 3,287
| | | Re: Leafy Brain Fungus?
Thank you all for your help with identification and for your encouraging comments - very much appreciated.
Ken - I've just started to "read up on" and photograph land snails - when I manage to spot them that is! More often than not it's only when I come to load pics of fungi onto the computer that I notice there were snails to be photographed   .
I've just ordered a folding magnifying glass in the hope that it'll help me spot them in the future.
Bruce | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| | | 36 members and 418 guests | | Ace, briar rose, Cogs, Deb London, Douglas, Durrell, earthdragon64, Elevate29, faz, featherandhay, Geoff F, Graeme Robson, GTH, hels, Ian Gray, Insomniak, Jim Ford, Kenneth Baldwin, KentYeti, kimmy, Ladywell, Littlesparrow, Malkie, MattPrince, mbaldw, NickCantle, rogpow, Russell Bean, shegar, shenk1, spaldingd, Terry123, the naturelover, Tursiops2, Ukwildlifeo, Za | » New Wildlife Posts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  ID please Today 06:23 PM 10 Replies, 201 Views | » New Environment Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Activity Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Community Posts | | | | | | | | | |
