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I can't see gills. It looks like it has pores. I am on my tablet and graphics go grainy , it looks like old birch polypores .
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Keith_Beef, I wasn't referring to earth stars but rather earth balls which are a type of puff ball. We had loads around here that looked like discarded, discoloured orange peel. Some still held their shape but were empty and they resembled the fungi in your pictures.
I agree Fiona, they look like like Birch Polypores.
I agree Fiona, they look like like Birch Polypores.
Can anyone help me with this? Its on pine wood, i mistakenly believed it to be pine resin but unfortunately isnt!
Any ideas?
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There's a bit of serendipity!
I came here to post some pictures of a fungus that I discovered growing in the back garden about an hour ago.
Here are a few that seem to be fully open. The bodies are quite fragile, so many have been broken.
Here's a partly open body.
And a couple that are barely open. The bright disc is a €1 coin for scale.
The bodies are dark, partially buried, and the insides are almost like porcelain or coconut flesh.
I'm guessing at something in the Geastrum (earthstar) genus, but don't know which one.
I think is a member of the Pezizaceae called Geopora tenuis.
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Sitting at the base of a pine tree...
From that picture it is not even clear that is a fungus. Looks like it has been eaten by a mouse.
Now that you mention it so it does. It was in a park where bird life is encouraged, possibly there was a coconut hanging someplace and it fell down. I only noticed as I passed and quickly grabbed a pic because it looked interesting, it pays to look closer I guess.
Any suggestions on this one? No gills, and if there are pores they are very small as it looked smooth and white underneath, as shown on the curled up edges here.
I'm going to throw in a guess for my own picture and suggest Polyporus badidus, but I'm nowhere near sure.
Thanks, I'll try to get it right next time.
So, new question: Is this Fomes fomentarius? I'm very surprised to see it in South Wales as I think of it as a northern species. The host plant is a plum/damson.
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I don't think so, no. It's not a species I'm that familiar with, having only ever seen it twice, both times in Scotland. Firstly it is usually smooth and grey on top, and not covered with lichen/algae. Secondly it usually appears on much more substantial bits of wood - trunks and thick branches.
On the other hand I don't have a better suggestion.
I found these when out walking with the dogs. I am useless when it comes to IDing fungi, anyone know what they are? I found loads.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Those look to me like a Ganoderma, usually referred to as artist fungus, although there are several sorts and only one is strictly Artist's fungus.
You need to get them when they are fresh, and you can then draw on them by pressing with a suitable implement, with no room for mistakes. The image then "sets" - after a while touching the surface no longer makes the colour change, but the existing pattern remains.
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