Sunday, May 22, 2022

Following the rules

Rules for the trail: Slow down! Stop and gaze! Take a knee! And don't forget to look at the backsides and undersides of old logs ...

If this is a conifer log, it's Orange jelly. If the log is deciduous, it's Witches' Butter.

Probably red-belted polypore. And what are those pimples on the bark crust?

A large patch of bark crust, from as close as I could get.

These patches, as far as I could tell, are from the genus Peniophora. E-Flora BC lists 12 species found in BC, on both dead conifer and deciduous wood, but there are few photos, and none were definitive.

Of the corticoid fungi, which includes the Peniophoraceae, Wikipedia says, "Although the fruiting bodies are formed on the underside of dead branches or logs, the fungus resides within the wood."

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Instrucciones para caminantes: ¡No te apures! Detente para mirar alrededor. ¡Ponte de rodillas! Y no se te olvide mirar el lado opuesto, y la parte inferior de los troncos viejos.

Fotos:
  1. Si este tronco es de un conífero, el hongo es "Jalea anaranjada". Si el árbol fue de hoja caduca, entonces el hongo es "Mantequilla de brujas."
  2. Un políporo de cinta roja, probablemente. Y ¿qué son esos botoncitos encima los parches en la corteza?
  3. Unos parches grandes de costra de corteza, probablemente del género Peniophora. E-FloraBC tiene una lista de 12 especies encontradas aquí en Colombia Británica, creciendo en maderas muertas, tanto de coníferos como de árboles deciduos, pero hay pocas fotos, y ninguna muy clara.
De los hongos corticoides, los cuales incluyen los Peniophoraceae, dice Wikipedia que —Aunque los cuerpos fructíferos se forman en la parte inferior de troncos o ramas muertos, el hongo vive dentro de la madera.


2 comments:

  1. Yes, but always be aware of bite-y critters!

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    1. Not so much around here. Nothing much seems to have it in for us, except the mosquitos and noseeums. And the occasional tick.

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