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Bands of colour

19 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by sconzani in fungi

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#FungiFriday, bracket fungi, British fungi, Trametes versicolor, Turkey tail

I can never go past Turkey tail fungi (Trametes versicolor) without checking out their wonderful rings of colour.

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These are neither as vibrant nor as varied as some I’ve seen but there is a hint of blue in one of those outer bands that doesn’t really show up well in my photos, as the light was very dull this day. I figured they were still worth sharing for Fungi Friday.

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353/366 Old Alder brackets

18 Friday Dec 2020

Posted by sconzani in fungi, trees

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Alder, Alder bracket, bracket fungi, British fungi, Inonotus radiatus

Back in December 2016, I blogged about Alder brackets (Fungi Friday: Alder bracket) and showed then the gorgeous golden globules of liquid that ooze out of them when they’re young. Today’s Alder brackets (scientific name Inonotus radiatus), found in the woodland at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, have a longer history.

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There is certainly some newer growth amongst these brackets but most have been on this Alder tree a long time, as you can tell from the luxuriant growth of moss on the top bracket of the tier.

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278/365 Happy National Fungi Day!

05 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi, nature

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#NationalFungiDay, bracket fungi, British fungi, Candlesnuff, fungus, National Fungi Day, oysterling fungi, Stump puffballs, Sulphur tuft, waxcaps

As today was National Fungi Day in Britain and we’ve had good quantities of the rain needed to stimulate fungal growth, I caught the train in to Cardiff today for a fungi foray around Heath Park and the new part of Cathays Cemetery. Here are some of the fungi I found …

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Dead but full of life

22 Monday Oct 2018

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi, nature, trees

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autumn fungi, bracket fungi, dead tree full of fungi, fungi on tree, gilled fungi, Lycogala sp., slime mould

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This tree may be dead but it’s teeming with life.

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I’m sure it’s chock full of a huge variety of bugs and beetles, slugs and centipedes, and many other mini-beasties, but what caught my eye was the number of different types of fungi it was supporting.

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As well as several species of gilled mushrooms, there were also various intriguing brackets, some oozing golden droplets, and a wonderfully vibrant orange Lycogala species of slime mould. Fungi may often be difficult to identify but they never cease to amaze me.

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Patterns in Nature, 5

05 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by sconzani in leaves, lichen, nature, trees

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bark, bracket fungi, lichen, nature's patterns, patterns, patterns in nature, reeds, water, wood

The ‘undiscovered country of the nearby’ ~ Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places

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