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<DIV><BR>&l --Apple-Mail-4--690517113 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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. > =20 > It is indeed partial to Hemlock (I don't recall having seen it on = anything else) but is apparently sometimes fonud on other conifers. > =20 > 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 >=20 >=20 > 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? >=20 > Sherman >=20 > On Apr 8, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: >=20 >> Hello everyone: >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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 >>=20 >> The pictures are at: >>=20 >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Mushroom1.JPG >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Mushroom2.JPG >>=20 >> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Shrub.JPG >>=20 >=20 > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2411/4924 - Release Date: = 04/09/12 >=20 --Apple-Mail-4--690517113 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <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 <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.<div> = Sherman</div><div> <br><div><div>On Apr 10, 2012, at 7:31 PM, David & Alison Webster = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font size=3D"2">Hi = Sherman & All, = = Apr 10, = 2012</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"> 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.</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2"> = It is indeed partial to Hemlock (I don't recall having seen it on = anything else) but is apparently sometimes fonud on other = conifers.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"2">Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: = initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"shermwms@eastlink.ca" = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">Sherman Williams</a>&l