Soil fungi

[Laggard]

What type of fungi is this please and what does it say about the health of our soil?

 

[Kidds]

It looks like Jews Ear fungi, I don't think it is exactly what it is but very similar. Lives off decomposing organic matter so to me suggests a lot of turned in crop trash.

Might be off the mark but should point you in the right direction.

 

[organicguy]

Not Jews ear, but don't know what it is!

 

[farmerm]

Not from any knowledge other than looking at Bing images...

Orange peel fungus would be my guess?

Aleuria aurantia - Wikipedia

 

[Brisel]

I'm going to provoke a reaction here, but a lack of green cover & crop residues suggests that there are further gains to be had. Just saying!

 

[e3120]

I have something very similar here, around the edges of where paper waste was heaped. I'm reading it as a result of high C:N ratio, and as it is sporadically present across the (ploughed) crops, I will need to be more generous with the bag. My crops are usually happy feasting on muck and ley residue until April.

 

[Vincenzosassone]

What type of fungi is this please and what does it say about the health of our soil?

I'm not such an expert in fungi, but I usually go to the mountains with my grandparents. We look for fungi and I have the possibility to know someones of them... I watched those fungi, or at least some fungi that seems to be them, but they grew from a tree, for this reason I'm not totaly sure to talk about the same fungi of this picture. Anyway, if they are the same, I'm sorry, they are poisoned...

I nearly forgot, the soil is probably in this condition because of the same fungi.

 

[Laggard]

I'm going to provoke a reaction here, but a lack of green cover & crop residues suggests that there are further gains to be had. Just saying!

It's meant to be winter wheat, but we've had a little bit of rain here....

 

[Bury the Trash]

not being funny, but i would be dead keen to get some grass seed on that in April.

 

[Bury the Trash]

then lightly grazed by sheep from 8wks

 

[Laggard]

not being funny, but i would be dead keen to get some grass seed on that in April.

Spring barley hopefully

 

[Dry Rot]

I'm not such an expert in fungi, but I usually go to the mountains with my grandparents. We look for fungi and I have the possibility to know someones of them... I watched those fungi, or at least some fungi that seems to be them, but they grew from a tree, for this reason I'm not totaly sure to talk about the same fungi of this picture. Anyway, if they are the same, I'm sorry, they are poisoned...

I nearly forgot, the soil is probably in this condition because of the same fungi.

I did a bit of reading up about this family of fungi. (Google images is quite good). It is a huge subject and I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't be living long enough so probably not worth bothering! But as far as I can gather, the "stemless fungi" mostly grow on trees but some species will grow on soil. Some are edible and some are poisonous. Perhaps further research is needed and the survivors can come back and tell us which are edible.....

 

[Vincenzosassone]

I did a bit of reading up about this family of fungi. (Google images is quite good). It is a huge subject and I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't be living long enough so probably not worth bothering!

You're right, fungi are very difficult to understand because they are as complex as animals or plants being kingdoms...
Anyways, as I always say: it is better if you don't try to eat them