tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5358675327758721041..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-30478255848166949312014-09-23T19:07:02.181+01:002014-09-23T19:07:02.181+01:00Thank you both for the identification. There is al...Thank you both for the identification. There is also a dissenting view, as reported on Tuesday's blog, but the point that the man makes about the shape being distorted by dry weather may well explain the odd appearance of the fungus.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13345861472946740432014-09-23T18:05:50.084+01:002014-09-23T18:05:50.084+01:00Yes, it looks very much like Fistulina Hepatica, t...Yes, it looks very much like Fistulina Hepatica, the Beefsteak.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-23921467212970002142014-09-23T16:16:22.306+01:002014-09-23T16:16:22.306+01:00I am not fungus expert, but to me it does look lik...I am not fungus expert, but to me it does look like Beefsteak Fungus ?? or something similar.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02728183021074354997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-45490336444977655732014-09-23T01:29:45.327+01:002014-09-23T01:29:45.327+01:00Can't find a picture of it on the web. So I...Can't find a picture of it on the web. So I've put a query on <a href="http://www.wildmushroomsonline.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Wild Mushrooms Online</a> and am hoping for an answer.<br />Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-50156141580080864132014-09-23T00:17:34.887+01:002014-09-23T00:17:34.887+01:00But what exactly is the bracket fungus in the phot...But what exactly is the bracket fungus in the photo? Not the destroyer of trees? (does look a bit different from the one I know)Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29732392135491124712014-09-23T00:09:25.281+01:002014-09-23T00:09:25.281+01:00... and makes a change from yesterday's "...... and makes a change from yesterday's "not you again!" from Mrs Owl! JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-1774506360013926032014-09-22T23:50:40.206+01:002014-09-22T23:50:40.206+01:00Mr Owl according you some kind of salute for coaxi...Mr Owl according you some kind of salute for coaxing the jay away? Love it! Jim n.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61652225438468471502014-09-22T22:20:03.290+01:002014-09-22T22:20:03.290+01:00Thanks a lot. I think we were on the south side of...Thanks a lot. I think we were on the south side of the path along the edge of the park, and we should have been on the north side.<br /><br />And this blog isn't just about birds, it's about anything I like, and I like fungi.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-3848114779010543622014-09-22T20:24:16.034+01:002014-09-22T20:24:16.034+01:00The Chicken-of-the-wood is still there, I've j...The Chicken-of-the-wood is still there, I've just been there to check!<br />I'll try to give different directions: starting from the NW corner of the Speke monument go strait in the direction of Queensway station. You will soon have on your left a tall dead tree trunk, surronded by bramble. Continue in the same direction (toward Queensway station) for onother 40 meters: you will have one American oak on either side. The fungus is on the north side of the tree on the right, at the end of a cut branch, some 4 meters high. It is not really a monster as size is concerned, but very beautiful, I think. And as the blog is about birds, this being a chicken...<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com