Bracket on Prunus

[JennyS]

I saw these brackets on a mature Prunus pissardii today - ID suggestions appreciated!

[CapAndBracket]

I also find these on prunus.sp and sometimes blackthorne, i think Phellinus.sp maybe P.pomaceus (but i'm not certain).

Cheers J.P.

[Chris Yeates]

I think J.P.'s suggestion of Phellinus pomaceus is a good one - there is an old (July 1951) Yorkshire record on this host from Wharfedale, and I know that Alan Legg has recorded it from 'his' cemetery in Darlington

It has also been recorded in Warwickshire by Gill Brand (from her garden) on Prunus cerasifera (of which 'pissardii' is probably merely a variety)

so a new Irish record on this host?

best

Chris

[CapAndBracket]

Thank's for the input Chris, here are some i just photographed on a side street from town.



i have seen them in Oxford as well, maybe if people would look around this range of trees in their area it will show these are more common than reported.

Cheers J.P.

[JennyS]

Thank you J.P and Chris.

so a new Irish record on this host?

No way of ever knowing as much of southern Ireland's mycological data doesn't seem to be publicly available........

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by JennyS

No way of ever knowing as much of southern Ireland's mycological data doesn't seem to be publicly available........

That is very depressing Jenny . . . is that a sin of omission or commision do you think? Up in the North they are doing good work but that is probably down to a much smaller area and proportionately more people involved

I went on a British Mycological Society foray based in Roscrea in the 1980s (great countryside, wonderful people!) and there was a Hubert Fuller and a lady called something like Moura Scadden (?) and they were very enthusiastic about advancing Irish mycology

are there no local Biological Records Centres or the like? I suppose one problem is the Dublin-ocentric nature of the Republic, with over a quarter of the population residing in and around the capital

best

Chris

Edit I have just checked the FRDBI to see whether records made on that Roscrea foray are there - using one I remember well, the weird and wonderful Marasmius hudsonii http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cp9OIJe6MT...s+hudsonii.JPG - and sure enough it is http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/F...smius+hudsonii (apparently still the only South Kerry record)

perhaps the FRDBI is the best starting point, you are fortunate (?) in living in a country where new county and country records are there to be made

[Ditiola]

Chris
On the Ireland foray. Do you remember the amazing stunted Oak wood with a mossy microclimate underneath teaming with fungi. I have never seen so many fungi in one place. I think it was called St Johns Wood, it was on the edge of a lake. An amazing place.

If it's still there, It's well worth a visit Jenny

Peter

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Ditiola

Chris
On the Ireland foray. Do you remember the amazing stunted Oak wood with a mossy microclimate underneath teaming with fungi. I have never seen so many fungi in one place. I think it was called St Johns Wood, it was on the edge of a lake. An amazing place.

If it's still there, It's well worth a visit Jenny

Peter

yes Peter

I also remember it was the era when you, me, Jerry Cooper et al. all turned up sporting ponytails

I too have never seen anything like it in Britain/Ireland (though I do remember a springtime wander in a wood in Epirus, Greece, the floor of which was almost covered in Sarcosphaera, Geopora species, and other large ascos) - Russula species with bright orange caps . . . you couldn't walk without treading on something amazing . . . and of course as it was the last visit of the foray, all the microscopes, books etc. were packed away ready to come back

it was called St Johns Wood and it was, as I remember, on western the shores of Lough Ree

this took some chasing down:

http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/services...0Woodlands.pdf

it would appear that the wood is in private ownership - so clearly the BMS had to negotiate permission from the owners (perhaps it's that which has maintained its 'untouched' feel - other than some past coppicing which I remember you could see echoes of on our visit - free, for example, of people showing off how many morels they can rip out of the site )

happy days

Chris

[JennyS]

Hi Chris - I found the Northern Ireland Fungus Group pages and I'll email them for suggestions re submitting records for the fungi that have been IDed for me here.
Your Marasmius hudsonii is a stunner!

I started to try and reply to your "sin of omission or commission" question but I think I could have dug a deep, deep hole for myself so I deleted it!

Moura Scadden - Moira Scannell, used to be vice county recorder for H3 and is someone I would have loved to have met.

Hi Peter, I've never been to St John's wood but it sounds like it could be very interesting for lichen! Do you have a grid reference?

(Just seen Chris's post with PDF link - thanks Chris)

[Ditiola]

Chris / Jenny

Found this photo from one I scanned from a slide (so unfortunately the quallity is not to good) of Nyctalis parasitica photographed in St Johns Wood, I recall they were quite common there. This particular group is very similar to the ones illustrated on page 81 of Lang & Hora's Collins Guide.
"Eee, It's Just like picture on t' packet"

Peter