Show us your Fungus Amongus!

[CreakyGardener]

I thought I'd try starting an on-going thread where people could show off their wanted or uninvited mushrooms, fungus and molds of all types throughout the seasons. Things we walk past everyday in the micro-scapes of our yard. As in, any interesting or weird things growing in your compost piles, stumps or debris. We have a lot of it where I live with long periods of rain. Maybe some will preserve them here for others to enjoy or find interesting, before they disappear. I'm not sure it fits into Compost and Recycling category, but considering its job in nature it seemed appropriate. I'm not a fan of harmful black molds and stuff that kill my plants of course, but I think they're all interesting and pretty. This was growing on a small Photinia stump! You can see on the bottom photo where something has been nibbling or scooping bites out of it.

 

[zigs]

Something has had a nibble out of this one...

 

[DirtMechanic]

I may never go outside again

 

[zigs]

Looks like Devil's Fingers Mr Mechanic

 

[CreakyGardener]

The red one's scary looking!

 

[CreakyGardener]

I also have some pretty big pet fungus' that are at least 25yrs old. Growing on the side of our Willow Tree. People joke all the time it looks like the tree in Harry Potter. We also had two huge bracket fungi the size of a large serving trays. I always wanted to do something special with them should we lose the tree. Unfortunately, one night someone stole them both. :_(

We would get rid of them, but we're letting it all do it's thing. The willow tree itself should've died yrs ago. We originally dug it out of a 2.5ft x 12ft dirt mound it had been buried in - 138 wheel barrow loads of dirt later. It used to be very tall and was topped before we moved here, and not taken care of so it never healed up right. It's hollow in some places but just keeps growing. I prune it every year to relieve weight and keep it from breaking itself apart. We're just letting everything go through its process becasue the tree itself is in bad shape. Otherwise I think I'd try and save it. For now, it's an eye catcher and we're enjoying it for what it is and we'll propagate it when the times come and start another. These fungus kind of have their own personalities. Ha! The one in the photo my wife named Ebert, he's the biggest of the bunch. Kind of dull right now but subtly changes colors throughout the year. If any one knew the name of this fungi / fungus I'd be interested in knowing.... thanks for reading!

 

[DirtMechanic]

That one looks like it could talk.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Plenty coming up where I have buried wood.

 

[CreakyGardener]

That one looks like it could talk.

Haha! Yep, my wife said the same thing! That it looks like a bizarre sock puppet at some angles.

Plenty coming up where I have buried wood.

Got any pics to share?

 

[zigs]

Cor, he's a good one @CreakyGardener

I was thinking maybe a Ganoderma

Ganoderma - Tree Two One

Dangerous Beech Here you see a large Ganoderma fungal bracket sprouting from a large mature Beech. In a nutshell the Ganoderma fungi turns the central core wood into sponge and leads to tree failure. This tree was felled and below you will see how much live timber was keeping this huge tree...

treetwoone.co.uk

 

[zigs]

Or maybe this Ganoderma?

Ganoderma australe, Southern Bracket fungus

 

[Tetters]

I wondered if that could be a "weeping conk"" (I looked it up, as I don't know much at all about fungus)

 

[Eeilee]

I may never go outside again

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What…what is it? Lol I also may never go outside again

 

[DirtMechanic]

What…what is it? Lol I also may never go outside again

Like Ziggy said, Devils Fingers. One of my favorites!

 

[Eeilee]

Like Ziggy said, Devils Fingers. One of my favorites!

It’s pretty funky lol
Now I want to scour my gardens and find something bizarre