Daldinia concentrica, also known as King Alfred's Cakes or Cramp Balls can be seen on the dead wood of broadleaf trees, most commonly ash, and can be seen throughout the year in Ireland and the UK. Young Cramp Balls are red to brown with a matte surface. When they mature they become hard, black and… Continue reading Daldinia Concentrica, King Alfred’s Cakes, Cramp Balls
5th September 2020 I love how diverse the forms of fungi can be, and this is (probably - apart from its very similar brother P. hadriani) the rudest looking fungus in the west, sure to illicit scoffs and giggles when seen. This delightfully protruding formation is the common stinkhorn. It first emerges from the ground… Continue reading Phallus impudicus, Common stinkhorn, Co. Wicklow & Catania
Trametes gibbosa, lumpy bracket, on a sycamore stump, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin A wintry dusk stroll around the historical Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin revealed a colourful array of lichen and some curious brackets and crusts too on the old trees and stumps. This pale, chunky, lumpy specimen, Trametes gibbosa, common English name 'lumpy bracket', was covering… Continue reading Trametes gibbosa, Lumpy Bracket Fungus, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
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