UK Fungi

Hi Great stuff. This is an example of an "aero-aquatic" fungus in which the fungus (usually the anamorphic stage) is adapted to living in seasonally-wet conditions. See http://www.fungi.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1874 for more info. Most of these fungi - unlike the Bulbillomyces , are asco's. One se...

Sadly the only image which has appeared is heavily over-stained - it's often worth working with unstained material first (perhaps you did but those images have not appeared). One solution might be the anamorphic form of Bulbillomyces farinosus . See http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Bulbillo...

. . . .If the thread opener could answer the question, wether the fungus was hard like wood (Phellinus pomaceus) or wether it was softer, pressable and somewhat juicy (Inonotus) best regards, Andreas Yes, upon looking closer one can see that the cap surface of the fungus in the original post has be...

Hi Andreas
in that case would you say that the fungus pictured here: https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Phellinus_pomaceus is incorrectly named?
Chris

mushroom mike wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:41 pm

. . . . Sorry for the poor condition of the fungus and the poor microscopic images. . . .

No need to apologise Mike - congratulations on finding one of the few mushrooms currently in parched Britain

cheers
Chris

Quick update before Part Three. I mentioned that the Actinosporella anamorph of the aquatic discomycete Miladina lecithina can get much bigger. Here is a more typical one with longer arms (the distance between the lowest one and the right hand one is almost 350µm.): Miladina lecithina 04.jpg By a ha...

Hi
Looks like the very young growth of Ganoderma lucidum - compare with https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... dum-01.jpg
This is the much-vaunted lingzhi mushroom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingzhi_mushroom

cheers
Chris

Part Two Combined 1.jpg A Campylospora parvula . 3 records on FRDBI - I have an additional one from South Yorkshire. B Classicula fluitans . An interesting species, as it is an anamorphic Basidiomycete - DNA studies place it close to the rust fungi (!) B Classicula fluitans.jpg C Culicidospora grav...

A recent collection of a foam sample from a Yorkshire stream has proved extremely interesting. This is Part One of the tale. The collection site lies in West Yorkshire above Slaithwaite. It is on the site of a former (19th century) woollen mill, now completely gone. Clough House Mill was owned by Ed...

Hi
any idea how / where the conidia are formed?