Entries in Fungi (264)

Wednesday
Oct152014

Fungus

From two year ago: yellow stagshorn fungus, Calocera viscosa.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-10-18.

Tuesday
Oct142014

Rust Fungus

What I think is the aecial stage of pear rust fungus, Gymnosporangium sabinae, on the underside of a leaf (presumably of a pear tree).

The upper side looked like this:

Photos taken in Dinton Pastures Country Park, Winnersh,near Reading, UK, on 2014-10-11.

Wednesday
Oct012014

Fungus

Daldania concentrica growing on the trunk of a decaying tree.  A close-up of the bark shows that the tree is a beech (Fagus sp) rather then ash (Fraxinus sp), the more common host  for this fungus:

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-29.

Sunday
Sep282014

Fungus

Common earthball fungus, Scleroderma citrinum.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, Uk, on 2014-09-27.

Wednesday
Sep242014

Fungus

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, growing at the base of an oak tree.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-21.