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Mick_B

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Were there any unusual lights in the sky, the night before?

 

:lol:

 

Whatever it is you don't want it on your boat! There are two possible solutions but dowsing the boat with petrol and setting it afire, although effective in eradicating the fungus, might not provide the most satisfactory long term solution.

 

Therefore, Carl's remedy of applying a copious application of Cuprinol five star may be preferable but, be warned, it is pretty powerful stuff and at least as volatile as petrol . . .

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????? ... by mushroom-like I mean wih a stipe, cap (and gills) ... Serpula lacrymans does NOT produce these, it produces an open creeping basidiome; no stalk, no cap (and NO gills).

 

 

Yes,you're right. Your "mushroom like" is more precise than mine! :rolleyes: When we had an outbreak in our last house, some of the "mushrooms?" were elevated from the floor/wall, a bit like this gallery_6614_493_13733.jpg , but no stalks. (Come to think of it, the mushrooms on my pizza don't have stalks, either :lol: )

 

Iain

 

P.S. Agree with the treatment, which must be thorough, and should include the non wood bits as well.

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I posted a couple of these pics on the arbtalk forum, and two of the fungi specialists on there both reckoned it was Pleurotus ostreatus developed in the dark - that's the oyster mushroom by the way - so the omelette might not be right out the window yet!

 

Andy

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I posted a couple of these pics on the arbtalk forum, and two of the fungi specialists on there both reckoned it was Pleurotus ostreatus developed in the dark - that's the oyster mushroom by the way - so the omelette might not be right out the window yet!

 

Andy

 

Andy I searched your suggestion in Google images but came back with a lot of pic's looking nothing like my pet mush. However.... on my third attempt I found this....

 

Pleurotus_ostreatus_oyster_mushroom_500.jpg

 

.... which looks like it could be the grandson / daughter of my mushy. Nott going the omelette rout though.

 

:cheers: :cheers:

 

ETA: to add Clicky

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Celler rot is another damp house/wood rot fungi talk to the local druggies and persuade them it is magic mushroom and they will smoke it for you. A before subjected remove all affected wood and cure damp then ensure good ventilation. One boat builder ran the front and back vents under the floors to keep the bilges sweet.

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Oyster mushroom is indeed a likely candiate for the OPs fungus. It is a very variable fungus, and will make the most of a wide range of wood and sawdust (and other cellulose-based materials), and depending on a combination of growing medium and conditions will produce fruit bodies ranging from near-perfect mushrooms to very deformed and/or immature versions ... these photos are all oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus( ... edible :) )

 

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Oyster-Mushrooms.jpg

 

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Waste of good shrooms if you ask me!

I did once smoke some fly agaric shrooms in the spanish desert, pretty full on. But yes, if we are talking standard ones then a brew up has to be the best way to squeegee the third eye!

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You've not tried mushroom honey, then?

 

I did once, forgot all about that, I used to know this batty lady who lived in a bender, she had a jar of honey that I once sampled. Now, enough of this. I have grown up, I have grown up, I have.....

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I have grown up, I have grown up, I have.....

 

I have been taught that honey,, baked at about 180 farenheit, or in practice left in the cooling of an earth oven then strained, was the way to go!

 

I have not grown up despite those that might convince me otherwise :) And you're looking for neighbours ;)

 

Yours

 

Mark!

 

;)

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I have been taught that honey,, baked at about 180 farenheit, or in practice left in the cooling of an earth oven then strained, was the way to go!

 

I have not grown up despite those that might convince me otherwise :) And you're looking for neighbours ;)

 

Yours

 

Mark!

 

;)

Oh go on then, once more!

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