by sam@geekpoint.co.uk | Dec 14, 2018 | Tree Blog
The earthern fingers of an unfortunate woodcutter, grasping for light and air? Fortunately not.This is a fungus called Xylaria polymorpha, also know as Dead Man’s Fingers.Checo, our lead climber, found these black, club shaped stalks at the base of a dead Horse...
by sam@geekpoint.co.uk | Nov 16, 2018 | Tree Blog
The weekend is time for me to leave the city and reconnect with nature. My phone is turned off for much of the weekend and I spend it with family and close friends. I’m looking for meaningful connections, with people and with myself. I find one of the best places to...
by sam@geekpoint.co.uk | Oct 14, 2018 | Tree Blog
This Pholiota squarrosa AKA Shaggy scalycap is living happily in the stem wound of this Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) photographed last weekend in Barrowburn, Northumberland, UK.This parasitic, straw coloured mushroom has a shaggy hair effect on its cap and stem. It...
by sam@geekpoint.co.uk | Sep 17, 2018 | Tree Blog
This is Laetiporus sulphureus, also known as Chicken of the Woods.I found this fungus growing on an Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), Summer 2014 in the Lake District, by Bassenthwaite Lake.This fungus grows on a wide range of broad-leafed trees and conifers, from early...
