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moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Gloucester

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 9:05 pm Post subject: Fungi - free to good home
I have to tear up some old decking this week to make room for my shed, this decking is covered in Hen of the Woods (not chicken, definitely hen) If anyone wants to come and take some of this away you are more than welcome to it, I only have enough room to keep about two planks but it's been growing there for the past two years.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 9:20 pm Post subject:
Are you sure it's hen of the woods? I thought it was quite rare and grew at the base of living trees? We were shown one on a foray last year and took the following picture: https://www.dugo.demon.co.uk/other/pics/Hen-of-the-Woods031004.jpg

moggins

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 9:26 pm Post subject:
Yep, that's the one. I couldn't believe it either when I saw it. But I sat for hours pouring through every mushroom book I have and it is definitely that one. I don't know why it is growing there but it definitely is, I have a few other varieties growing there too but the Hen is taking up almost half of the decking now.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 9:32 pm Post subject:
One for Cab to explain then.

dougal

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 9:52 pm Post subject:
I've just learnt about a new mushroom, thanks! Googling it gave me an interesting-looking site https://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/octfd.htm which associates it with dead/dying oak and maple... Any idea what the wood is?

moggins

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 10:06 pm Post subject:
No idea at all I'm afraid, it's about three kinds of timber laminated together. I found it in an reclamation yard and thought it would be great to use for decking The supports underneath are beech apparently?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 05 8:32 am Post subject:
I've never seen it on cut wood, but I've come across it on stumps. Don't really like it, I far prefer chicken of the woods. I have come across giant polypore, which can be mistaken for hen of the woods, on such habitats. I'd reccomend double checking against that.

jema
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 05 8:37 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

I've never seen it on cut wood, but I've come across it on stumps. Don't really like it,

Are there two camps of foragers? those that eat things because they CAN be eaten, and those that cherry pick?

cab

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 4:27 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Are there two camps of foragers? those that eat things because they CAN be eaten, and those that cherry pick?

There are more than two schools, but yes, that's not such a bad summary

moggins

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:25 pm Post subject:
It's definitely not the giant polypore, I'm going to have to take a picture and learn how to put one up on site aren't I?

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