tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2812721911576195528..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-69704621742257191382015-08-31T18:07:27.046+01:002015-08-31T18:07:27.046+01:00Many thanks. I've photographed the developing ...Many thanks. I've photographed the developing Silky Rosegill and will keep an eye on it. It's probably high enough to escape being smashed. The night's rain has brought up the Lawyer's Wigs well -- picture on Monday'sblog -- and also some fairy rings on the Vista near the Little Owl tree. Will look at the Chicken of the Woods tomorrow.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-38808046368052591912015-08-31T17:19:11.194+01:002015-08-31T17:19:11.194+01:00There is also a multi-tiered Chicken-of-the-woods ...There is also a multi-tiered Chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) on the dead tree trunk next to the Speke obelisk.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36824144180384366042015-08-31T09:57:03.373+01:002015-08-31T09:57:03.373+01:00Mushrooms:
You have another chance to photograph t...Mushrooms:<br />You have another chance to photograph the Silky Rosegill, because further up the same tree, at the height of around two meters, there have been few more "eggs" which have been dormant for a while, but now one has started to "hatch". I would give it few more days before you have the mushroom in all its glory.<br />Also, in Hyde Park, past the Serpentine bridge, as you go up toward Lancaster Gate along the W. Carriage Drive, just past the Sackler Gallery and the hidden building next to it, on the right side of the road there is a large, heavily pruned poplar (on the roots of which grows the Poplar Field cap). Before it, there is a not too big horse chestnut. Around it grows another photogenic mushroom, the Lawyer's Wig (Coprinus comatus). There are few individuals coming up, but again you have to give them a few days before they are at their best.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-10551537193491940152015-08-26T20:46:08.043+01:002015-08-26T20:46:08.043+01:00Well done. I didn't pick the ones I found beca...Well done. I didn't pick the ones I found because they were small and few. But I remember when I was small, in Dorset, picking bagfuls of horse mushrooms the size of plates, and they were delicious, with a stronger flavour than field mushrooms.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-43074302414859737792015-08-26T20:07:34.407+01:002015-08-26T20:07:34.407+01:00You are right to use the past tense, because they ...You are right to use the past tense, because they are no more. I had them with polenta this very evening. MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-79521897233258499642015-08-26T19:07:29.182+01:002015-08-26T19:07:29.182+01:00Thanks -- text changed. But I'm surprised. The...Thanks -- text changed. But I'm surprised. They were all quite small, including the fully developed one in the picture.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-71774453784790792492015-08-26T18:32:09.812+01:002015-08-26T18:32:09.812+01:00To be precise, they are not Field Mushrooms (Agari...To be precise, they are not Field Mushrooms (Agaricus campestris), but their larger close relatives the Horse Mushroms (Agaricus arvensis). If you bruise or cut them, they smell of almond/marzipan/anise).<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-89437661920968346292015-08-25T20:15:36.321+01:002015-08-25T20:15:36.321+01:00Thanks -- will go and look at it tomorrow. The bad...Thanks -- will go and look at it tomorrow. The bad weather should keep people away. As you will have guessed from my picture of the Silky Rosegill your alerted me to a few days ago, this had been smashed and I had to prop up the more intact bits in a lifelike attitude.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-48275329576936611072015-08-25T19:44:13.922+01:002015-08-25T19:44:13.922+01:00There is a handsome fungus, the Giant Polypore (Me...There is a handsome fungus, the Giant Polypore (Meripilus giganteus), on top of Buck Hill, if you are interested in taking a photo. It is on the ground under a hazelnut bush in the edge of W. Carriage Drive. You need to go NE from the Buckhill playground toward the bend of W Carriage Drive (opposite the traffic island). It's quite large, you can't miss it.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com