Entries in Fungi (264)

Friday
Jan142011

Silverleaf Fungus

From yesterday's walk round the lakes: silverleaf fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum) growing on a tree stump.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-13.

Wednesday
Jan122011

Polypore Mushroom

From last spring: a polypore mushroom, probably a winter polypore (Polyporus brumalis), on a decaying silver birch log.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-13.

Sunday
Jan092011

Black Fungus

A black fungus, probably Exidia glandulosa, on a twig of a fallen oak tree.  Exidia nigricans (= Exidia plana) is similar but, according to Wikipedia, tends to be more coalesced into a single amorphous mass.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.

Saturday
Jan082011

Bonnet Mushroom

A bonnet mushroom, a Mycena sp, possibly a snapping bonnet, Mycena vitilis, growing on a twig in a pile of logs.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.

 

Friday
Jan072011

Wrinkled Crust Fungus

Wrinkled crust fungus Phlebia radiata growing on a fallen oak branch.

In one of the patches of this fungus there were these two orange outgrowths:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.