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Jack Aubrey Founder member
Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 513 Location: Camptoun, Scotland
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Caution! Sick Picture |
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It's been a wonderful year for fungi. Loads of wonderful shapes and colours all over the place. Among the bewildering variety we've seen this year has been an outbreak of something that looks horribly like trails of vomit:
We spotted this example at Chesters Hillfort last weekend and there were many others about there and at other locations, sometimes yellow, sometimes milky-coloured.
I assume it is a fungus? And not just some bilious cacher......
Excuse me a moment.....
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ghiribizzo Member
Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 510 Location: Ferryport-on-Craig. The Kingdom of Fife.
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Saw a lot of it last week, some in thicker patches than in the photo. It looked like hummus spread on the grass... Lots around Cookster's Drimmie series.
Who's the expert? At least it's not as repugnant as those clear blobs we had a lot of last year! _________________ Anyone for a Hot Cross bun and a Creme Egg? |
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Third Generation Member
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 56 Location: Fife
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Yea. Think this is what we saw in 'Letham Loot' today.
Faith thought it was more a mould than a fungus when I pointed it out but never seen it before.
We also spotted some lovely fungi growing out of the underside of a branch about 12 foot up in the air. The tree (and branch) was very much alive. Maybe we should have looked more on the ground and found the cache!!!
PS If you want to see them they are on the log......I can load them to there but not mastered getting them on here sorry _________________ Nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores. |
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Big Wolf Founder member
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 577 Location: Carnbroe, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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To save others searching, here are the pics from Third Generation's
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Crazy Druid Member
Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 188 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Looks like it's one of the Tremella family of Fungi (The most famous being Tremella Mesentrica or Witches Butter)
Most are edible and a few are used in soups and stocks
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HighlandNick Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 635 Location: Highlands, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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ghiribizzo wrote: |
Who's the expert? At least it's not as repugnant as those clear blobs we had a lot of last year! |
Saw them at Drimmie yesterday...
What is it? (Or should I go back through the posts.......) |
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