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| Can any expert tell me if this is honey fungus?...
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
I can find no trace of the black bootlaces that I've read about.
If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?
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Jim
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| Emrys Davies 2005-10-23, 11:21 am |
| "Jim" <nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dc5a449155fd86a9896a3@news.btinternet.com...
> Can any expert tell me if this is honey fungus?...
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
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> I can find no trace of the black bootlaces that I've read about.
>
> If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?
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> Jim
This site
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/techn...oney_fungus.htm
should help you identify it.
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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| In article <MPG.1dc5a449155fd86a9896a3@news.btinternet.com>, Jim
<nospam@gmail.com> writes
>Can any expert tell me if this is honey fungus?...
>http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
>
>I can find no trace of the black bootlaces that I've read about.
>
>If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?
>
You've got at least two different species there, haven't you?
It would help if we could have a pic of the underside too. Gill colour
and the way it attaches to the stem is important.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"
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| In article <3s1jihFlnqbgU1@individual.net>, me@privacy.net says...
> should help you identify it.
>
Thanks Emrys - I've read many sites but none has enabled me to identify
the fungus with any confidence.
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Jim
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| In article <ZGrXRbCHL6WDFwE+@scarboro.demon.co.uk>,
kay@scarboro.demon.co.uk says...
> You've got at least two different species there, haven't you?
I put it down to different stages of growth, but you may well be right.
The ones that have sprung up around a live tree have a more rounded cap
(?).
> It would help if we could have a pic of the underside too. Gill colour
> and the way it attaches to the stem is important.
I've also uploaded some pix of the undersides - does it help you
identify it?
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
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Jim
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| Emrys Davies 2005-10-23, 3:21 pm |
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"Jim" <nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dc5a449155fd86a9896a3@news.btinternet.com...
> Can any expert tell me if this is honey fungus?...
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
>
> I can find no trace of the black bootlaces that I've read about.
>
> If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?
Jim, Honey fungus is reputed to glow in the dark as per this article:
"Does Honey Fungus Glow in the dark?
Astonishingly yes it does!
Aristotle wrote about this
In medieval times they lit hay barns with clusters of rhizomorphs and
roots covered with rhizomorphs were considered to have medical power.
These were the original magic wands.
Soldiers in World War 1 put pieces of decaying wood on their helmets;
the glow helped them avoid comrades in nighttime trenches.
In World War 2 fire wardens covered timber stacks to prevent enemy
aircraft spotting them.
Keeping the wood moist (but not saturated) and at a temperature of
between 10 and 25 degrees C will maximise light output".
Regards,
Emrys Davies.
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| In article <3s1vh4Flqib5U1@individual.net>, me@privacy.net says...
> Honey fungus is reputed to glow in the dark
>
Hmm. No detectable glowing. So no positive proof it is honey fungus. On
the other hand it doesn't show it isn't honey fungus!
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Jim
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-10-23, 6:21 pm |
| The message <MPG.1dc5bc3af2a4e11f9896a5@news.btinternet.com>
from Jim <nospam@gmail.com> contains these words:
> I've also uploaded some pix of the undersides - does it help you
> identify it?
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/2023956
Yes, honey fungus.
The young caps are good pickled, or cooked like you'd cook mushrooms.
Larger caps can be chopped and added to dishes, but by themselves are a
bit bland and not altogether a pleasant consistency.
Older caps and some of the younger stipes can be dried and powdered (in
a liquidiser) and the powder added to flavor and thicken stews,
casseroles, savoury pancakes, omlettes, etc.
--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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| In article <3130303032303038435BFA7C90@foobar.zetnet.co.ok>, Jaques
d'Alltrades <rusty.hinge@foobar.zetnet.co.ok> writes
>The message <MPG.1dc5bc3af2a4e11f9896a5@news.btinternet.com>
>from Jim <nospam@gmail.com> contains these words:
>
>
>Yes, honey fungus.
Are they all honey fungus? The ones in the grass look to have thinner
caps.
>
>The young caps are good pickled, or cooked like you'd cook mushrooms.
>Larger caps can be chopped and added to dishes, but by themselves are a
>bit bland and not altogether a pleasant consistency.
>
>Older caps and some of the younger stipes can be dried and powdered (in
>a liquidiser) and the powder added to flavor and thicken stews,
>casseroles, savoury pancakes, omlettes, etc.
>
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-10-23, 8:21 pm |
| The message <E8ywPpCnaAXDFwMw@scarboro.demon.co.uk>
from Kay <kay@scarboro.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
> Are they all honey fungus? The ones in the grass look to have thinner
> caps.
All the ones I looked at were.
Once you've seen and handled and smelt them you'll always know them.
There are two forms of Armillaria mellea: one is chunkier than the
other.
There's not much you can confuse it with, except perhaps Galerina
mutabilis - and that's a much better mushroom from the culinary point of
view, and I expect many trees would think so too, but for different
reasons...
--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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| gentlegreen 2005-10-24, 7:21 am |
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"Jim" <nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1dc5bbba7c5306049896a4@news.btinternet.com...
> In article <3s1jihFlnqbgU1@individual.net>, me@privacy.net says...
> Thanks Emrys - I've read many sites but none has enabled me to identify
> the fungus with any confidence.
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gall...ck~bid~5569.asp
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> --
> Jim
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| In article <3130303032303038435BFA7C90@foobar.zetnet.co.ok>,
rusty.hinge@foobar.zetnet.co.ok says...
> Yes, honey fungus.
>
Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
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Jim
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| Nick Maclaren 2005-10-24, 10:21 am |
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In article <MPG.1dc6a8d5f80fd4cd9896a7@news.btinternet.com>,
Jim <nospam@gmail.com> writes:
|> In article <3130303032303038435BFA7C90@foobar.zetnet.co.ok>,
|> rusty.hinge@foobar.zetnet.co.ok says...
|> > Yes, honey fungus.
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|> Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
Why? Realistically, the only thing to do with that is to live
with it, which may including attempting to reduce its spread,
but it is ubiquitous in the UK.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-10-24, 1:21 pm |
| The message <MPG.1dc6a8d5f80fd4cd9896a7@news.btinternet.com>
from Jim <nospam@gmail.com> contains these words:
> In article <3130303032303038435BFA7C90@foobar.zetnet.co.ok>,
> rusty.hinge@foobar.zetnet.co.ok says...
> Ok Thanks. Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
Frying pan.
But you won't eradicate it - and it's becoming accepted that it only
attacks ailing trees and shrubs anyway.
--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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| In article <djijjm$5fa$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk>, nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk
says...
> Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
>
> Why?
>
My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?
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Jim
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| Nick Maclaren 2005-10-24, 2:21 pm |
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In article <MPG.1dc71519abbcfdc49896a8@news.btinternet.com>,
Jim <nospam@gmail.com> writes:
|> In article <djijjm$5fa$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk>, nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk
|> says...
|> > Need to go and try to dispose of it all then!
|> >
|> > Why?
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|> My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
|> and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?
Yes :-)
The bit you see is the fruiting body, and removing it doesn't
weaken it at all. While it would stop it spreading spores, it
is not very infectious from spores and the spores are everywhere
in most of the UK. It MIGHT reduce the chances of infection,
but I haven't heard that it does, at least significantly.
The best way to weaken it is to remove all infected wood that
is close to the surface. It does not thrive well on deep roots.
But even that is of marginal benefit, traditional though the
advice is.
Don't bother with toxins to kill it. You would need to soak
the ground to the depth of 2+' with seriously nasty substances.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| In article <djj234$86k$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk>, nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk
says...
> Would I be wasting my time?
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> Yes :-)
>
OK - that's another job I can cross off my list! 
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Jim
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-10-24, 2:21 pm |
| The message <MPG.1dc71519abbcfdc49896a8@news.btinternet.com>
from Jim <nospam@gmail.com> contains these words:
> My thinking was that removing it would at least stop it spreading spores
> and might weaken it? Would I be wasting my time?
Yes.
It'll stop it from spreading spores just as well if you cook the fruit
bodies. (or otherwise destroy them, but, what a waste!)
--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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| Jim wrote:
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> If it is nasty - how can I stop it spreading?
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> --
> Jim
Have you tried Armillatox ?
Sam.
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