tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post4143711675596141147..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: Back in actionStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-25033665577175701402010-11-08T22:45:29.681+00:002010-11-08T22:45:29.681+00:00Weaver: Feel free to print any images for your per...Weaver: Feel free to print any images for your personal use. I'm afraid they won't be very large, though: web images are made small for speed. 12 x 9 cm. if my calculations are correct. Please be aware that identifications based solely on photographs are likely to be innaccurate: I spend a lot of time with microscopes and identification keys. The differences between some species are truly microscopic.<br /><br />Gerry: there is a fungal interest group based in Queens College, Belfast: the Northern Ireland Fungus Group. Their website is http://www.nifg.org.uk.<br /><br />They're very friendly and you can join their forays which you will find listed on the website.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-86888977392978394992010-11-08T19:36:39.029+00:002010-11-08T19:36:39.029+00:00I agree with Weaver...this information is amazing....I agree with Weaver...this information is amazing. thankyou for sharing all this...I walked in Cairn Wood Co. Down last week and the fungi was wonderful. But I had no idea what it all was. Still good though.Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-71213930795831790562010-11-08T18:43:25.420+00:002010-11-08T18:43:25.420+00:00Excellent information and photographs Stuart - I a...Excellent information and photographs Stuart - I almnost want to print them all off and put them into a booklet as they are so informative.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-87099843288846947382010-11-08T13:07:32.309+00:002010-11-08T13:07:32.309+00:00"does this mean the egg is laid while the lea..."does this mean the egg is laid while the leaf is still attached to the tree?"<br /><br />Certainly. Very few fallen leaves are green to any extent. The miner shown has been working for around a week, I'd say (you can just make out the initial track along the midrib).<br /><br />"What were the dungflies doing "spread around"?"<br /><br />Not very much. No interaction was observed. Maybe sunning?Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-85447200830837728732010-11-08T12:34:27.271+00:002010-11-08T12:34:27.271+00:00"It looks like the larvae have formed a symbi..."It looks like the larvae have formed a symbiotic relationship with the bacteria in order to perform their season-extending trick." - absolutely fascinating - does this mean the egg is laid while the leaf is still attached to the tree? It's hard to see how the hormone could still work once the leaf has fallen and is therefore presumably quite dead.<br /><br />"Lycogala terrestre is a slime mould which forms purplish spherical bodies which later split to reveal a bright pink spore-bearing interior" - they remind me of miniature marshmallows! I haven;t seen any here this year.<br /><br />What were the dungflies doing "spread around"?Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736035484977149890noreply@blogger.com