Monday, 25 February 2019
Friday, 7 December 2018
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Monday, 5 November 2018
Almondell CP, West Lothian, 4/11/18
A joint mega-foray of East meets West but partially subeverted into a corticioid rampage (with a minor in fungus related entomology)
Phanerochaete velutinum
Exidiopsis calcea
Kneiffiella subalutacea
Subulocystidium longisporum
Trechispora farinacea
Vuilleminia comedens
Phanerochaete velutinum
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| being grazed, as were many examples (Cassida sp. larva?) |
Exidiopsis calcea
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| cf. Hugill p.127 |
Kneiffiella subalutacea
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| White, granular, visible cystidia |
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| Hymenium - cystidia and spores in situ on basidia |
Subulocystidium longisporum
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| White, webby, visible FINE cystidia |
Trechispora farinacea
Vuilleminia comedens
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Giant Funnel, Dalgety Bay, Sep 4th
Leucopaxillus giganteus, an amazing mushroom which has fruits to more than 30cm in diameter. About 100 fruit bodies in several rings in Ross Plantation, Dalgety Bay
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| Ring |
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| One mushroom to top left! |
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Carrifran - Mycena acicula and Hemimycena tortuosa
The orange mycenoid is M.acicula, the white H.tortuosa (dewdrop bonnet)
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| A few "dewdrops" |
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| The tortuose caulicystidia that hold the droplets |
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