Showing posts with label The Weeping Bracket Fungus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Weeping Bracket Fungus. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Weeping Fungus is back.

In 2010 I found the most beautiful fungus I had ever seen.

it was growing in amongst fallen leaves on the underside of a living Eucalyptus obliqua stump

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(back later .. child is awake)
...
It took ages to find someone who could help with an ID and eventually I was referred to Pamela Catchside ...
Last word:
I am delighted to have had this fungus identified by Pam Catcheside

Editor, Fungimap Newsletter,
Honorary Research Associate,
State Herbarium of South Australia,
Plant Biodiversity Centre,
Dept for Environment & Heritage,


Among the photos of thata first find are these two.
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and

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I have watched that site very closely in the interveneing years, but no sign of it.

Then, last week, in a quite new site about 60 metres away, another.

Yet again, the site is under a slight overhang of the base of a Messmate (E obliqua).

This is the general view.


and looking closer ...



and closer again ...


and again ... 


   and lucky last for today.


Inonotus dryadeus,  The Weeping Bracket Fungus,