Eyelashes down the drain!

[solus]

I found my very first Scutellinia - Eyelash Fungi yesterday.



I have looked (in vain) for these pretty little things in woods all over the place but where do I find the little perishers??

At the back of the drain under the kitchen window which takes the waste outlet pipes from the kitchen sink and the washing machine, there's where!

[CapAndBracket]

Really interesting, i look forward to chris and andeas's remarks on these.

Cheers J.P.

[treecreeper]

Excellent find solus! I've just checked the equivalent place at the back of my house but all I could see was some bleached processed peas and a gigantic spider

[FungiJohn]

Nice unusual find indeed solus

Whilst on brickwork the actual substrate is still the typical 'soil', rotted wood remains possibly, so the hairs and spores would still need to be checked under the scope to confirm ID.

But what the heck ... It's Scutellinia!

John

[Chris Yeates]

very interesting habitat * - this certainly doesn't look like S. scutellata - if you want to pm me and send me some I'll happily have a look at it for you - (heck it worked for Rob Sutton and S. trechispora)

* - but let's never forget Amorphotheca resinae - the fungus which likes to grow on creosoted wood and in petrochemical fuel tanks and nearly ruined the Concorde project

regards

Chris

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

very interesting habitat * - this certainly doesn't look like S. scutellata

Chris

A brave man indeed Chris

John

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by solus

At the back of the drain under the kitchen window which takes the waste outlet pipes from the kitchen sink and the washing machine, there's where!

Didn't your mother tell you to always empty your pockets, remove all the tissues and fungi from them before putting them in the wash? Now you know why ...

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

........ (heck it worked for Rob Sutton and S. trechispora)

and on the smallest of small specimens too

[fungi2bwith]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

very interesting habitat * - this certainly doesn't look like S. scutellata - if you want to pm me and send me some I'll happily have a look at it for you - (heck it worked for Rob Sutton and S. trechispora)

* - but let's never forget Amorphotheca resinae - the fungus which likes to grow on creosoted wood and in petrochemical fuel tanks and nearly ruined the Concorde project

regards

Chris

Is "Amorphotheca resinae" the correct scientific name? Having worked in the Jet fuel industry for many years I know this was originally called "cladisporium resinae", but in recent years has been known as "Hormoconis resinae", which I thought was the correct name. By the way I have plenty of pictures of the problems this causes, though you may not want fly again after you've seen them

[ron1863]

Lovely find, though what possessed you to go poking around drains