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Monday 22 September 2014

Artist's Bracket Ganoderma

Artist's Bracket Ganoderma Likely  G. applanatum

Ganoderma applanatum


Ganoderma applanatum


Ganoderma applanatum

Ganoderma applanatum


Ganoderma applanatum


Description

Ganoderma applanatum (Artist's Bracket, Artist's Conk, or Flacher Lackporling; syn. ) is a bracket fungus with a wide distribution.



The spore bodies are up to 30–40 centimetres (12–16 in) across, hard, woody-textured, and inedible; they are white at first but soon turn dark red-brown.

It is a wood-decay fungus, using primarily dead heartwood, but also as a pathogen on live sapwood, particularly on older trees. It is a common cause of decay and death of beech and poplar, and less often of several other tree genera, including alder,apple, elm, buckeye and horse chestnut, maple, oak, walnut, willow, western hemlock, Douglas Fir, and Spruce.

A peculiarity of this fungus lies in its ability to be as a drawing medium for artists. When the surface is rubbed or scratched with a sharp implement, it changes from light to dark brown, producing visible lines and shading.

Amethyst Deceiver Laccaria amethystina

Amethyst Deceiver Laccaria amethystina

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10747 Laccaria amethystea

10747 Laccaria amethystea















Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria

Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria

Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria

Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria




Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria


Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria

Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var. muscaria




Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis

Scarletina Bolete (Boletus luridiformis)


Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae



Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae


Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae

Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae

Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae


Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae






Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae

Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae

Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae


Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis Family Boletaceae







Sunday 21 September 2014

Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa

Shaggy Scalycap Pholiota squarrosa


With the Fungi Season well under way here are some shots of Woodland Fungi that have been positively identified


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Friday 19 September 2014

Hedgehog - Erinaceus europaeus

Hedgehog Rescue - This one presented on the front path it looked dehydrated and shocked and was breathing oddly , looked like a cat had bothered it or was struggling for water It was warmed fed and rehydrated and retuned to the Wild . in the early hours of the morning where it appears to have moved on the following day

If you find a Hedgehog here is a good start point British Hedgehog Society 


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Monday 1 September 2014

Sloe Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum

Sloe Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum

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Nymph Stage V Final instar

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Adult: All year

Length 11-12 mm

Description

Key ID Features include the black and white banded antennae with a distinctive Purple Green Ground Colour and prominement Black and White Connexivum . The bug is covered in long hair which is particularly evident in the Nymph Stage Overwintering as an  adult, the bug emerges in the spring. The winter form darkens to a browner colour there are two specimens shown above

Larvae, have a wide variety of food  plants, particularly those in the Roasaceae. New generation is completed  August onwards.


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