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31-08-2009, 08:40 PM
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| | | Muffin fungus
Found growing from the base of a tree-trunk in a wooded bridleway in the Quantock Hills, this extraordinary fungus looked like a glistening doughy muffin studded with sultanas!
It was firm but very moist to the touch. I'm afraid I didn't make a note of the tree species.
Does anyone know what it is?  |
31-08-2009, 08:47 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
If only all photos posted were so easy.
This is a young Inonotus dryadeus.
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31-08-2009, 08:47 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
Inonotus dryadeus I would suggest.
Growing on Quercus I presume? |
31-08-2009, 08:47 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
I will take a stab at Inonotus dryadeus 
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31-08-2009, 08:48 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
Beat you  |
31-08-2009, 08:50 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
Well all got it at 9.47 
I think you've got a safe ID there |
31-08-2009, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by flaxton  Beat you | A dead heat, your name came up first alphabetically
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31-08-2009, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
A bit late in concurring, but don't be too sure guys we haven't heard from hamadryad yet  |
31-08-2009, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cybershot a bit late in concurring, but don't be too sure guys we haven't heard from hamadryad yet :d | lol :d |
01-09-2009, 08:24 PM
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| | | Re: Muffin fungus
Thanks everyone! Isn't WAB brilliant? An answer in minutes...
And yes, it was on an oak. I've been back to check.
I do find mycology tough. Birds, herps, mammals and butterflies - no problem. Wildflowers I can do about a couple of hundred UK species. But fungi - they fill me with fear. The terminology, the sheer variety, the need to use a microscope or hand lens. I don't know where to start.
Plus fungi can kill - no-one ever died from eating a willow warbler thinking it was a chiffchaff. | | | |
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