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12-09-2011, 12:23 PM
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| | | ID please.
Saw this monster yesterday and of course had no camera with us 
Went back today to get some images as I have never seen this fungi before.( Not that I know anything much on fungi anyway.) 
This specimen is part of a colony on rotting conifer stump and root and measures over 300mm across.
For anyone interested Wareham Forest is fungi heaven right now. |
12-09-2011, 03:19 PM
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| | | Re: ID please.
Did it have pores or gills?
Looks very dry and somewhat past its best, but a shot of the underside, along with info/shot of point of attachment might help.
See: - Help us to help you identify fungi
Which gives details of type of info required to give best chance of a good ID.
Regards,
Mike. |
12-09-2011, 07:35 PM
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| | | Re: ID please.
it being on a conifer stump and the rounded tongue shaped smaller sections still visible, i would say its Tapinella atromentosa - (Paxillus atromentosus,)
seems to have been a good year for this species around my area,
Ashgale. |
13-09-2011, 12:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ashgale  it being on a conifer stump and the rounded tongue shaped smaller sections still visible, i would say its Tapinella atromentosa - (Paxillus atromentosus,)
seems to have been a good year for this species around my area,
Ashgale. | That's a very logical shout, certainly had me conifer stumped !
Neil.  |
13-09-2011, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by fairplay That's a very logical shout, certainly had me conifer stumped !
Neil. | it's only because i have found dozens of this species this year that i could id this one (hopefully correctly),
having found 30/40 in one small area of an old conifer plantation, that had been felled several years ago, and all the remaing stumps are well rotted, which it seems to prefer, and also lots more in a few different areas,
in previous years there have only been the odd specimen, but this year they are much more numerous,
ashgale. |
13-09-2011, 03:44 PM
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A couple of years ago now I sent Kew a sample of one growing on Sweet Chestnut.
There had been a few reliable records but none had sent in voucher material with wood attached until I sent in my carefully wrapped and sawn off sample.
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