Afan Argoed: Fungi on Wood

Quite a few of the species we found live on wood. Some are connected to specific tree species and some are only live on either conifer or broad leaf species. Some species are not so fussy, such as Armillaria, the destructive Honey Fungus.

Rutstroemia firma/Brown Cup
This very small mushroom looks like a goblet in shape then flattens out with a depressed centre. Importantly it has  a very short stipe, only a few millimetes long, which can be seen in the lower photo.
Oxyporus populinus/Poplar Bracket

Calocera viscosa/Yellow Staghorn
The popular name refers to the shape of the tips of the mushroom: 'stags horns' which can be seen in both photos. That shape and the yellow colour is the only fungi that grows in this way..
Stereum hirsutum/Hairy Curtain Crust

Xylaria hypoxylon/Candlesnuff Fungus

Dacrymyces stillatus/Common Jellyspot

Postia caesia/Conifer Blueing Bracket


Piptoporus betulinus/Birch Polypore

Stropharia aurantiaca/Sulphur Tuft


Kuehneromyces mutabilis/Velvet Shank or Sheathed Woodtuft

Cudoniella acicularis/Oak Pin. the younger fruiting bodies are white all over and when they mature the top becomes black. This is a very small fungi.


Two unidentified species..


Fungi found on wood at Afan argoed.
Cudoniella acicularis/Oak Pin
Rutstroemia firma/Brown Cup
Oxyporus populinus/Poplar Bracket
Calocera viscosa/Yellow Staghorn
Stereum hirsutum/Hairy Curtain Crust
Xylaria hypoxylon/Candlesnuff Fungus
Dacrymyces stillatus/Common Jellyspot
Postia caesia/Conifer Blueing Bracket
Piptoporus betulinus/Birch Polypore
Stropharia aurantiaca/Sulphur Tuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis/Velvet Shank or Sheathed Woodtuft