Entries in Fungi (264)

Friday
Mar072014

Tar Spot Fungus

What is probably Diatrypella quercina growing on a twig from an oak tree (Quercus sp).

I took the following specimen:

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

These are strongly curved and about 9 x 2um which agrees well with the "strongly curved, 8-12 microns long, 2-3 microns wide" given here at Pilzbestimmer.de.

First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-22.

Wednesday
Mar052014

Crust Fungus

A grey crust fungus, probably Peniophora cinerea, growing on a fallen beech branch (Fagus sp).

I took the following specimen home with me:

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

These are about 9.5 x 3.5um which is at the large end of the range 7-9(-10) x 2.5-3.5um given for Peniophora cinerea given here at MycoBank.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-02.

Thursday
Feb272014

Yellow Jelly Fungus

Tremella mesenterica growing on a branch from a broad-leaf tree.

I took the following specimen home with me:

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

The large ellipsoidal spores are about 13.5 x 9um which agrees well with the range 10.0–16.0 x 6.0–9.5um given for Tremella mesenterica here.  The numerous small spores may be contamination from the green lichen that covered most of the branch.

First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-15.

Tuesday
Feb252014

Fungus

Cramp balls fungus, Daldinia concentrica, growing on the end of a decaying beech log (Fagus sp).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-15.

Thursday
Feb202014

Yellowish Crust Fungus

An unidentified yellowish crust fungus on a branch fallen from a beech tree (Fagus sp).

I took this specimen home with me:

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

These are about 13 x 6um.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-15.

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