Hi Folks I found this one earlier in July (1rst) its in a planted pond scape Looks like Birds Eye Primrose it is clearly one of the Planted varieties any...
Thanks Malcolm I realised it could not be The BE Primrose for obvious reasons but could not put a handle on this plant which seemed to be put as part of a park...
Hello all, Are there any mycologists on the group? Or could someone point me on the direction of one? Malcolm Storey, I know you modestly claim to be a little ...
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Perhaps of interest?? http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2006/31-06.htm Phil L [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thanks Darrel So there is a remote chance that this might not be garden plant ...... but a species naturlising the Great British Botany !!! LOL :) Many Thanks ...
This sounds fascinating - I have not seen any of the plants you mention in Britain except birdsnest orchid - which was growing under a lime tree I assumed on...
Hi all, Colin, I'm sure it was one of the plants you put up earlier in the year with a Hosta, Deutzia etc. Stace says "Natd. in a few places in En, W....
Hi Darrel Spot on as usual :) Although I must admit i have nt seen it any where Best Wishes Colin D ... plant ...... ... reasons ... as ... very ... me ... ...
Hi We have Monotropa growing with Silver Birch and Grey Willow in PFA (Pulverised Fly Ash) fungi in that area included Lactaries and Russula's also Leccinum...
Sorry to be thick, but which wintergren is that - P. minor? Cos I know of a site on the North York Moors (tho' have not seen it) for Monotropa that is also...
Hi Gill/all, The above-ground fungi are not relevant to the lifecycle of the Mycotrophs; the important ones are all subterranean, and basically are the ...
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Thanks Sean, I've learned a lot here. I'm constantly amazed by how complex some of these inter-relationships are - it just makes you realise that any...
In a message dated 11/08/06 11:39:55 GMT Daylight Time, ... Hi Gill P.minor we have not had P.media since then end of the 1800.s. This is Calderdale West...
Hi Colin, At the best site in Europe for Ghost orchid, in Germany, Bird's nest orchid and Yellow bird's-nest both grow under conifers - Pines I believe. (I...
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Aug 11, 2006 4:33 pm
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Interesting. PFA is often considered to be a pretty inert material, but it can evidently support the mycorhiza needed by orchids and Pyrola / Monotropa. Rodney...
Hi Sean I had a look at the BMS database and checked for speices associated with Holly, it came back with 720 different fungi associated with it. It should be ...
Thanks Colin; I have a number of papers in my possession now, covering the topic in almost too much depth! Once I have read them and digested them, I'll report...
Sean Cole
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Aug 14, 2006 6:22 pm
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Hi Sean, Have been away or would have replied earlier. The recently-published (2005) New Naturalist Fungi (Spooner & Roberts) summarises what is known about...
Thanks Malcolm, that is fascinating. Would I be right in thinking "achlorophyllous Epipactis" refers to the whitish, rather sick-looking broad-leaved...
Hi all, I've been folowing thread with interest, partly because its not an area in which I have much knowledge. I just want to thank Malcolm and Sean for the...
Hi Malcom, Excellent work. Am I being thick witht hese links, though? There are obviously cross-references to relevant publications, but no actual extracts? ...
Sean Cole
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Aug 17, 2006 10:44 pm
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... Yes, no actual extracts. There would be copyright issues. Anyway it took long enuf to enter the data without typing out extracts ;-) ... Good luck. Fear...
Looks like dogwood (Cornus sanguineus). HTH Stephen ... From: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com [mailto:UKBotany@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john Sent: 23 August 2006...
Certainly a dogwood, but I'm not totally convinced it's sanguineus. Where did you find it? I ask because round here (Yorks) the berries are nowhere near ripe,...
