20th August |
Fungi from Drumboe Woods.
Sunny intervals. |
Last year I photographed the first modern specimen of Leccinum holopus in Ireland. This specimen was within a few centimetres of the same location. The cap skin shows the same cellular construction, so I'm happy to call this Leccinum holopus, too. Cap about 12 cm across.
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This is Lycoperdon perlatum - a puffball. Lycoperdon translates literally as Wolf Fart. Presumably this is a reference to the spore distribution which is carried out via a hole in the upper surface which puffs clouds of spores into the atmosphere. |
And this is Scleroderma citrinum, an earthball. Earthballs don't puff spores via a hole, they just degrade and break up, allowing their spores to be distributed from the exposed interior. About 6 cm. across.
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This is Trametes versicolour, commonly known as Turkey Tails. I've seen this in brown, blue, yellow, green, purple, cream, orange and white. So well named. These young specimens are about 4 cm across. |
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