P.tuberaster!

[CapAndBracket]

Any comments on these possible P. tuberaster, or are they juvenile P. squamosus.

Cheers J.P.

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These are the specimens from Ashford Hill on Saturday. An interesting comparison:




David

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

Any comments on these possible P. tuberaster, or are they juvenile P. squamosus.

Cheers J.P.

No JP, not juvenille P. squamosus but, as you thought, juvenille P. tuberaster - it's exactly the right time of year for its spring fruitings, then it will not be back until the autumn !

Nick

[NickCantle]

J.P Strikes again! Well done mate, a nice species to find!!! Another good photograph too

[CapAndBracket]

Many thank's nick.L, it's nice to know i'm getting the gizz of some species and i didn't know to look out for them fruiting twice a year.

Nick.C, stop saying nice things about my photo's, it's enough to make an amateur blush.

David, the comparison with those on Saturday is certainly the interesting part of this, how did i know those at Greenham were P.squamosus, as you know now they certainly were. Todays somehow looked different, after you left on Saturday we found a huge amount on Salix near a stream and there was quite a disscusion about which was which as there seemed to be both.
There is still a chance yours on the branch will turn out to be P.tuberaster but somehow they just looked a bit lopsided and more stem than top at that stage, hopeing they grow to a conclusion.

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

Excellent Will have to keep my eyes open for this one as the bodies mature. By the way J.P, did you find anything else after we departed the group?

[CapAndBracket]

Sorry Nick C you did ask, we doubled the sheet after you left, most of it along 100 mtrs of river bank. (felled Salix, old and rotting).

Cheers J.P.

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Looks like we were forced to leave too early Nick. Sorry about that, but then we probably wouldn't have discovered your tiny bright orange beauties in the moss on the way back to the car.

There has been a distinct change to the Polyporus sp. already JP, not the least being the big chunks the slugs and snails have removed

David

[NickCantle]

You really need not apologise David, for being invited, picked up and bought lunch was most kind and as you know, didn't go unappreciated Glad we found those little moss thingies