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.

Bracket Fungus

What I think is a young form of Trametes versicolor.  Close-up you can make out the pores on the underside of the developing brackets:

I took the following specimen:

This shows about 3-4 pores per mm. 

The specimen yielded the following spores (magnificiation x600, field width 86um):

These spores are about 5.5 x 1.5um.  This agrees well with the 5.5-6 x 1.5-2um for Trametes versicolor given at RogersMushrooms.

Sixteen days later the brackets were more fully developed:

First two photos and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-12-14. The last photo was taken at the same place on 2013-12-30.