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Fungus growing on trees

  • 10-09-2011 8:55pm
    #1
    phog
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    I'm looking to take a photo of the larger type of fungus that grows on trees. Not sure if I've missed the trimframe for finding this.

    What type of trees/forests are best for this?

    Something like this that I found on flickr is what I'm after.


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  • #2
    F.R.
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    It's a bracket fungus, they attack the heartwood of trees and cause it to rot so you are looking for older/damaged trees. You will still find them at this time of year, the fruiting bodies grow from Spring to Autumn.


  • #3
    phog
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    F.R. wrote: »
    It's a bracket fungus, they attack the heartwood of trees and cause it to rot so you are looking for older/damaged trees. You will still find them at this time of year, the fruiting bodies grow from Spring to Autumn.

    Thanks, most of the woods around me are Coillte so they are normally evergreen, would I be better off trying native deciduous trees?


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Some Polypore are found all year round. Other Brackets are September to November. Some prefer Willow, or Birch. Others prefer Ash or Elm.
    As with any project to photograph Nature, you would do well to read up on the subject before going out to search for it. Have a look in any book containing Irish fungi to find the type most likely to be available to you given a particular time of year or environment.

    Conifer forests are not good for these fungi.


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