Re: GESO: Population Explosion

2019-11-22 Thread Alan C
Henk You are probably right. There is the remaining trunk of a dead Knoppiesdoring (Acacia nigrescens) nearby. We also have some of these: http://pza.sanbi.org/hydnora-africana   & https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16137572792/ BTW, we had another big thunderstorm in the early

Re: GESO: Population Explosion

2019-11-22 Thread Henk Terhell
Perhaps these are parasitic and one of your trees is a victim? Nice to have such a phenomenon for study and picture taking in your own garden. Henk Op 2019-11-22 om 13:16 schreef Alan C: In Phalaborwa we have had an unprecedented wet spell - 163mm in a week with one rather destructive storm.

GESO: Population Explosion

2019-11-22 Thread Alan C
In Phalaborwa we have had an unprecedented wet spell - 163mm in a week with one rather destructive storm. A host of small white mushrooms has sprung up in a shaded part of our garden. About an inch in diameter and almost certainly poisonous. Scroll L for a close up & R for a macro. Pity they