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12-04-2010, 07:54 PM
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| | | identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
asparagus like spears, 5" long, 1/4" thick stems with a smal powdery head full of spores. Found in southport garden this week after 1 week away. overun fron patch of sunny, dry soil garden. Next to rose tree and 2 yuccas close proximity.
lots of spears grown up in last 2 weeks - overtaken soily area (dusty dry soil) |
12-04-2010, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
Hi Beorc
Its not a fungus ,its a Horsetail.
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12-04-2010, 08:03 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense .
Jason |
12-04-2010, 08:07 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
As Jason said, it is the plant known as Horsetail or Mare's Tail. Not something you want in the garden, it is a nightmare to get rid of! |
12-04-2010, 08:19 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
Um ... Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris,is not a Horsetail ,but looks like one!
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12-04-2010, 09:39 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
Oops, yes Mare's Tail is an aquatic plant. Sorry!  |
12-04-2010, 11:27 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
hi
yes indeed - Equisetum arvense . . . . but let's not get all judgemental here "Not something you want in the garden, it is a nightmare to get rid of! "
on a narrow level the above is true - but the last time I looked this site is called Wild About Britain: so celebrate the fact that this is a plant which was around (in much larger forms) in the Carboniferous period 300+ million years ago, becoming a major contributor to the coal that made this country a world leader (and I know that that was a potential problem in itself - but if we are all going to be truly green we wouldn't be on this site, wasting the earth's resources anyway)
also the non-chlorophyll / chlorophyllous stages of the lifestyle are very interesting - wish they did taste like asparagus, but . . . .
Chris 
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14-04-2010, 12:08 AM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
I was not being judgemental, merely offering advice, as this plant is growing in a garden, and knowing from experience how difficult it is to remove! |
14-04-2010, 06:51 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jennie  I was not being judgemental, merely offering advice, as this plant is growing in a garden, and knowing from experience how difficult it is to remove! | yes . . . . what I wrote does come across as rather pompous
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14-04-2010, 07:22 PM
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| | | Re: identification required for fungus found in southport garden sunny soil
I've always quite liked Horse Tails, especially after I read about how old they are as a group, dinosaurs an' all that (mind you I am a rubbish gardener  ) | | | |
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