[NatureNS] Early-blooming plant and unusual fungus

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From: Sherman Williams <shermwms@eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:02:48 -0300
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Thanks David, yes, I stand corrected. I should have reviewed my =
resource; it too says  <ganoderma  =3D  with shining skin>.    So the =
name nicely fits Patrick's fungus find, <the fungus with shining skin =
that grows on hemlock> , especially if it was indeed on a hemlock stump, =
as it most likely was.  Any that I have seen, were on hemlock. They make =
me imagine that someone just gave the fungus a coat of varnish.
  Sherman

On Apr 10, 2012, at 7:31 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:

> Hi Sherman & All,                            Apr 10, 2012
>     Outer skin didn't sound quite right for Ganoderma so I looked it =
up on Wikipedia where Gano derma =3D Shining skin i.e. the derma refers =
to the varnished outer surface of the fungus not the long since =
obliterated epidermis of the tree, log or stump.
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>     It is indeed partial to Hemlock (I don't recall having seen it on =
anything else) but is apparently sometimes fonud on other conifers.
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> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sherman Williams
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Early-blooming plant and unusual fungus
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> I meant to add in regards to DW's identification of Ganoderma tsugae, =
that the name relates to it being a fungus that is typically associated =
with Eastern Hemlocks. i.e. found on the outer skin (ganoderma) of =
hemlock (tsugae). Could you tell if the stump was a hemlock? Or were =
there hemlocks in the area?
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> Sherman
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> On Apr 8, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
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>> Hello everyone:
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>> I went for a hike yesterday on the new community trail in Avondale. =
It was the first time in a long while since I have such large patches of =
juniper!  Near the start of the trail was a stump that had a fungus I =
have never seen growing out of it. In fact, on first inspection, it =
looked like someone had made them out of pewter and stuck them to the =
stump as a decoration. The effect was heightened as the "stalks" were =
the same diameter, right to the wood, as it didn't seem possible for it =
to be like that with no disturbance in the wood, unless it was held on =
with a protruding nail. They ever sounded hollow when tapped.
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>> The other odd item I came across was a shrub in full bloom. It was =
waist high, and shaped almost like a candelabra, with the flowers on =
vertical sections of branch. I have seen comments from people that their =
daphne is in bloom in late winter, but never having seen a daphne plant =
I was not sure if this was an example. The plant was in an area that was =
growing in, so it's possible it may have been part of a garden in the =
past.=20
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>> The pictures are at:
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>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Mushroom1.JPG
>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Mushroom2.JPG
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>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Shrub.JPG
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<html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://68/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space; ">Thanks David, yes, I stand corrected. I should have =
reviewed my resource; it too says &nbsp;&lt;ganoderma &nbsp;=3D =
&nbsp;with shining skin&gt;. &nbsp; &nbsp;So the name nicely fits =
Patrick's fungus find, &lt;the fungus with shining skin that grows on =
hemlock&gt; , especially if it was indeed on a hemlock stump, as it most =
likely was. &nbsp;Any that I have seen, were on hemlock. They make me =
imagine that someone just gave the fungus a coat of varnish.<div>&nbsp; =
Sherman</div><div>
<br><div><div>On Apr 10, 2012, at 7:31 PM, David &amp; Alison Webster =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
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Sherman &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apr 10, =
2012</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outer skin =
didn't sound quite right for Ganoderma so I looked it up on Wikipedia =
where Gano derma =3D Shining skin i.e. the derma refers to the =
varnished&nbsp;outer surface of the fungus not the long since =
obliterated epidermis of&nbsp;the&nbsp;tree, log =
or&nbsp;stump.</font></div><div><font =
size=3D"2"></font>&nbsp;</div><div><font size=3D"2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
It is indeed partial to Hemlock (I don't recall having&nbsp;seen it on =
anything else) but is apparently sometimes fonud on other =
conifers.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"></font>&nbsp;</div><div><font =
size=3D"2">Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr"=
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initial; "><b>From:</b><span =
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title=3D"shermwms@eastlink.ca" =
href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">Sherman Williams</a>&l