tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post791236193052233255..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: Dead but not forgottenStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-84994463855602127242013-03-25T22:16:09.057+00:002013-03-25T22:16:09.057+00:00Weaver: one of my special interests is the relatio...Weaver: one of my special interests is the relationship between species, and no matter where you start in a dependency chain, you usually end up encountering a fungus whether you go up the chain or down the chain.<br /><br />Emma: I'm pretty keen on growing my own vegetables and a few years ago I cut up a willow twig to use as plant ties. At the end of the season I had a row of willow saplings growing across my vegetable plot.<br /><br />Gill: The green colouration of the wood is the mycelium, which is persistent. The fruit bodies are apparently quite scarce. I suppose they are only produced when conditions are suitable (whatever 'suitable' means in this instance). Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-77618717385241971212013-03-24T23:21:38.875+00:002013-03-24T23:21:38.875+00:00Interesting - keep your eyes on that blue fungus, ...Interesting - keep your eyes on that blue fungus, in autumn you should see little cup-shaped fruiting bodies (same colour) - I've only ever seen it once, on a fallen branch of an unknown broadleaf - sadly it dint' re-appear the next year.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736035484977149890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-43333203653081375052013-03-21T18:27:21.456+00:002013-03-21T18:27:21.456+00:00This reminds me of my grandfather and his hatred o...This reminds me of my grandfather and his hatred of mulberry trees. There were several of them on the farm. Grandpa did not like them because birds ate the fruit and left messy droppings on everything. One of the trees was in the yard near the corner of the house. Grandpa saw what happened to Grandma's laundry on the line. He was so mad that he cut the tree down. He chopped the stump into shavings and poured lime on what was left just to make sure the job was done. All of us kids loved the ease with which we could pick the mulberries from the bush that grew from the mutilated stump that had once been a huge mulberry tree.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-68223299076138443192013-03-21T16:00:26.351+00:002013-03-21T16:00:26.351+00:00Fungi are incredibly versatile aren't they - a...Fungi are incredibly versatile aren't they - and brilliant at colonising any surface suitable for them. Sad that poor old Alfred is remembered for nothing other than burning the cakes (wonder if it has a grain of truth in it).The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com