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Crust Fungus

Spots of Chondrostereum purpureum growing on a birch log (Betula sp).

I took the following specimen home with me:

And this yielded these spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These are about 6.5 x 2.5um which agrees with the 5-8 x 2.5-3um given for Chondrostereum purpureum at Roger's Mushrooms.

First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-12-14.

Bald Eagle

From a few years back: a bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

Photo taken at a science fiction conference at Reading University on 2008-08-29.

White Crust Fungus

Another unidentified white crust fungus from back in February.

I took this specimen:

This yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These spores are about 7.5 x 6um.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-02-08.

Fungus on Holly

From back in last February: what I think is probably a Eutypella sp fungus growing on a twig of holly (Ilex aquifolium).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-02-25.