Titanum Leaf Cuttings and yellow fungus

From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.07.03 at 00:02:25(9059) Bill, the fungus (Leucocoprinus birnbaumi) is quite harmless to the plants, and is a common inhabitant of flower pots in warm greenhouses, terrariums etc and is originally a tropical species now widespread around the world. When they open they are very pretty but short-lived. They feed on the bark chips and other detritus in the compost but will not affect the composition of the soil to any great extent. Nothing to worry about! Geoffrey Kibby, London +More (editor of the fungus magazine Field Mycology)

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.07.03 at 19:19:03(9066) Ah, this is knowledge we have here. Can I add a creature in my greenhouse? It is a slime mould that puts up truss-like brown "fruiting bodies" that give of spores in large brown dusty clouds. Do you know that thing? Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens > GeoffAroid@aol.com > Verzonden: woensdag 3 juli 2002 1:59 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Onderwerp: Re: Titanum Leaf Cuttings and yellow fungus > > > Bill, the fungus (Leucocoprinus birnbaumi) is quite harmless > to the plants, > and is a common inhabitant of flower pots in warm > greenhouses, terrariums etc > and is originally a tropical species now widespread around > the world. When > they open they are very pretty but short-lived. They feed on > the bark chips > and other detritus in the compost but will not affect the > composition of the > soil to any great extent. Nothing to worry about! > > Geoffrey Kibby, London > (editor of the fungus magazine Field Mycology) >

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2002.07.03 at 23:00:22(9071) One of my earliest horticultural triumphs, and source of great entertaining amazement, was alongside the first orchid I ever flowered, a Paphiopedilum hainanense (labeled as appletonium) in a "globe" terrarium at home when I was 11 - an extremely large bright sulfur-yellow Amanita-Death Angel-type mushroom. Didn't see any others after that, and the orchid lived many more years. Bonaventure Magrys +More Cliffwood Beach, NJ USA

From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 2002.07.03 at 23:02:08(9072) In a message dated 7/3/02 19:21:04, hetter@worldonline.nl writes: << It is a slime mould that puts up truss-like brown "fruiting bodies" that give of spores in large brown dusty +More clouds. >> Hmm....truss-like? Is that the same as club-like? A truss for me is something very different. I would have to see one to give you a name, there are just too many similar species and genera out there but it sounds like a Stemonitis species.....once again harmless. Slime molds feed mainly on bacteria. Best wishes, Geoffrey

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.07.06 at 21:01:25(9081) The spore bearing organs are cylindric but crowded at the top of a stalk as a truss. Well, that's how we use the word truss here, like as in a truss of bananas. Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens > GeoffAroid@aol.com > Verzonden: donderdag 4 juli 2002 1:01 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Onderwerp: Re: Titanum Leaf Cuttings and yellow fungus > > > > In a message dated 7/3/02 19:21:04, hetter@worldonline.nl writes: > > << It is a slime mould that puts up > truss-like brown "fruiting bodies" that give of spores in > large brown dusty > clouds. >> > > Hmm....truss-like? Is that the same as club-like? A truss for > me is something > very different. I would have to see one to give you a name, > there are just > too many similar species and genera out there but it sounds > like a Stemonitis > species.....once again harmless. Slime molds feed mainly on bacteria. > > Best wishes, > Geoffrey >

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