Late Summer Fungi

[JohnRostron]

Three fungi .

EDIT: My original post said they were all taken in July 2015. I have now established that this is not so. I have appended the date to each.

#1 Brown Roll-rim Paxillus involutus

This normally grows in woods, associated with Birch. Here is was growing on a grassy roadside verge under some ornamental Birch trees. October 2013.

#2 Peach Rhodotus palmatus

This was actually growing on a fallen log in a wood. September 2016.

#3 Dryad's Saddle Polyporus squamosus

This typically grows as a bracket fungus, but this one had the cap raised up on the stalk. This image is a HDR composite of two shots, one exposed for the underside and the other for the upper surface. It shows the two surfaces OK, but the fusion does leave something to be desired. The HDR was done with Photomatix. July 2015

Comments welcome.

John

[lesno1]

Great shots i love the last one

[marlunn]

Nice images, I suspect the centre one might be Beefsteak fungi, Fistulina hepatica, not Wrinkled Peach ? worth another look

John, the dryads - unusual to have stem - have a look at polyporus tuberaster, may well be a contender

[Wavelength]

Very nice images...edible?

[marlunn]

Nandakumar, there is a saying - all fungi are edible - but some only once ! Brown rollrim is the latter !

[Wavelength]

[IzzieK]

All good shots, John. My preference is the last one even if I can see some misty-like surrounds around the fungus themselves...would this be the result of merging two shots?

[JohnRostron]

All good shots, John. My preference is the last one even if I can see some misty-like surrounds around the fungus themselves...would this be the result of merging two shots?

Thanks, Izzie. The Dryad's Saddle was a merge of two hand-held shots. I tried several different HDR programs. Some results were awful . Photomatix did the best job.

John

[JohnRostron]

Nice images, I suspect the centre one might be Beefsteak fungi, Fistulina hepatica, not Wrinkled Peach ? worth another look

John, the dryads - unusual to have stem - have a look at polyporus tuberaster, may well be a contender

Mark,
Regarding the Peach. I'm pretty confident of this. I was shown a Peach the previous autumn by a fungus expert and this was similar in size, shape and colour. Beefsteak fungus is usually a dark tan colour (at least those in this wood).

Regarding the Dryad's Saddle. My feeling is that the log on which it was growing had been rolled over slightly in the early stages of growth, thus causing the cap to grow around the stem. The Dryad's Saddle is pretty common in this wood, and the cap surface was just like the normal ones. I have looked up P. tuberaster to compare and that is possibility. However I note that it is supposedly rare in Britain. This was in south Essex.

Edit: I have looked in my reference books and I am pretty certain that this is the Dryad's Saddle Polyporus squamosus The patterning on the surface is right as is the size: they were each 20cm across.

John

[marlunn]

Cool, one thing I do know John, the Mk1 eyeball is always better than photo IDs by 2nd hand viewers

There is a view that the P Tuberaster is not actually 'rare' as such, rather its under-recorded, but again on your ID I would trust and go with the Mk1 eyeball - thats yours as you actually saw them.