Strange Earthball

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Cheers John,

I will certainly try that.
In fact this is something that I have thought about several times.

I know that uprooting a fruitbody won't harm the entire fungus, so taking one for the garden seems like a good idea.

Are there any general rules for the types of fungi that could be transplanted in such fashion? - Are certain genera more amenable to transplant than others?

And, probably just as importantly, any that you definitely wouldn't want to transplant to your garden? - Armillaria springs to mind, and obviously any dangerously poisonous ones.

Regards,
Mike.

The majority will just 'go over' unless attached to their substrate as on logs / twigs etc.

However any having a volval sac or the likes of stinkhorns will continue to grow.

My waste items are thrown on to a wood chip area ... and occasionally some return.

I bring many home for ID, drying and placing in my herbarium.

If you have young children or pets it's probably not a good idea though!

John

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

....No doubt I will find some more sooner or later....

Well, it turned out to be sooner.

Found quite a lot of them this afternoon, most were either past their best, or slugs leftovers, but one young one was in tip top condition.



Two of the just emerging immature (earthball shaped) specimens I found are now happily residing in my back garden. Hopefully I will see them grow to maturity. (At least my garden doesn't have quite as many slugs as the woodland has ).

Regards,
Mike.

[Beamish]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Found quite a lot of them this afternoon, most were either past their best, or slugs leftovers, but one young one was in tip top condition.

Well done!

But don't fancy there are less slugs in your garden... . As for me I experienced the contrary

Good luck!

Martin