Please help, does anyone out there know how long a cramp ball takes to get to the size of a small apple? and how long a horse shoe fungi takes to get to say the size of a shire horse hoof? thankyou .
Cramp balls and horse shoe fungi ?
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Sorry, not sure, although a cramp ball grows at a far faster rate than a horse shoe fungus. Not sure on precise time period however and it would as always depend on environmental factors such as sunlight, dampness and all other variable. It would be fairly difficult to have an exact time frame for it though.
Interesting question.... Just edited post after some homework, as I was curious.
The flesh of the fungus (Daldinia concentrica) is purple, brown, or silvery-black inside, and is arranged in concentric layers.
Each layer represents a season of reproduction. So they get quite old!
Horsehoof (Fomes fomentarius) is much more slow growing.... The fruit bodies are perennial, surviving for up to thirty years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldinia_concentrica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius
al.
The flesh of the fungus (Daldinia concentrica) is purple, brown, or silvery-black inside, and is arranged in concentric layers.
Each layer represents a season of reproduction. So they get quite old!
Horsehoof (Fomes fomentarius) is much more slow growing.... The fruit bodies are perennial, surviving for up to thirty years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldinia_concentrica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius
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Thanks HHazeldean, i wasnt expecting an exact time frame just a rough estimate, as it fascinates me and i forage for them all the time , only i have seen a horse shoe fungi about 20 inches long and 5 inches thick , and didnt want to take something that had taken , an age to form .
Bushwhacker ! i take it you have seen the photos , this is a serious question question and i know some one out there will know..
we will no doubt discuss the benefits of apple juice at the end of May sir...
we will no doubt discuss the benefits of apple juice at the end of May sir...
I've seen the photos. Got some nice stuff pending for round two! First ever batch of Mizzy Zyder.
The fomes grows in layers, kind of like tree rings.
I was given one from a tree that was going into the shredder; it was at least 16" wide and from crown to flat base about 9".
I counted the layers inside and there were five of them. It was unusually big anyway, but I was expecting more layers tbh.
Crampballs I don't know about; they're rare around here.
cheers,
Toddy
I was given one from a tree that was going into the shredder; it was at least 16" wide and from crown to flat base about 9".
I counted the layers inside and there were five of them. It was unusually big anyway, but I was expecting more layers tbh.
Crampballs I don't know about; they're rare around here.
cheers,
Toddy
So I'm told 
though I have a memory of someone commenting that it's a Spring and Autumn growth 
but it's in layers if I make myself clear.
Like these ones
http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid fungi/species pages/Fomes fomentarius.htm
cheers,
Toddy
though I have a memory of someone commenting that it's a Spring and Autumn growth but it's in layers if I make myself clear. Like these ones
http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid fungi/species pages/Fomes fomentarius.htm
cheers,
Toddy
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