Entries in Fungi (264)

Wednesday
Mar312010

Nectria Fungus

Although it looks like a slime mould, I think this a fungus of the genus Nectria, possibly Nectria magnusiana or Nectria coccinea.

These tiny red spheres are the sexual stage (teleomorph) in the life cycle of this fungus; the asexual stage (anamorph) consists of little pink cushions.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-26 and 2010-03-07, respectively.

Monday
Mar292010

Smoky Bracket Fungus

What I think is Bjerkandera adusta (smoky bracket fungus), growing on the trunk of a dead silver birch tree.  Bracket fungi species can be hard to identify on sight because they are so variable in form and colour.   However, in this case, I have based my identification on the similarities with photos here (to get the images, roll your mouse over the captions on the left), here and here.

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

Thursday
Mar252010

Jelly Ear Fungus

Jelly ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae, growing on a decaying log.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-02-19.

Sunday
Mar212010

King Alfred's Cakes Fungus

Another photo of King Alfred's cakes fungus, Daldinia concentrica, this time with a section cut out of it to show the characteristic concentric black an white layers.  Note also that this specimen is not as black on the outside as the those in my previous post on this fungus.

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

Thursday
Mar182010

Orange Jellyspot Fungus

What I think is Dacrymyces stillatus, the orange jellyspot fungus.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-13.