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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,615 Views)
earthdragon64
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Davebutterflyman
Aug 12 2016, 05:27 PM
Agreed on Plums and Custard as well as Marasmius rotula (Collared Parachute). I'll check the others later on Audrey and yours as well John.
Thanks Dave, do you want me to put them on the Fungi screening thread, or is it ok to put them straight on the challenge thread? I don't mind either way, whichever is best for you.
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Audrey.

They could go on the screening thread and i'll ok them from there. I'll also check those others out shortly.
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Pam M
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Hi folks, this little fungi took us by surprise as we were walking through the dunes in Wales. We didn`t even know they grew in dunes!
Any ideas what it is?
Thanks for looking :)

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Audrey.

The Lycogala genus are very tricky to separate but could still be added to the screening thread as Lycogala agg. Agreed on all of your others and the one outstanding one is indeed Dead Moll's Fingers on Sycamore substrate.

Your one John could be a Hygrocybe type but i really wouldn't like to say which one without looking at the gills. Most Hygrocybe are considered inedible to humans at least, but not particularly due to any serious level of toxicity so i would think the gull would be perfectly ok. Odd choice of food though i must say.
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Davebutterflyman
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Not sure on yours Pam but i will take a look.
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sensiblenamejohn
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no worries , Dave ;) ........next time I'll get some pics before the Gulls and Slugs get in on the act :rolleys:
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JennyWren
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Well that's interesting ,Pam .... we were just commenting on the fungi Julie found on a beach . Not common at all
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Naturezel
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I spotted this fungi growing on an old ash tree about 2 weeks ago when I was looking for an owl who lives in the trunk where the main divide has gone rotten .

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Davebutterflyman
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Looking at the bark Hazel i presume the tree is Oak so that should make this the early stages of Inonotus dryadeus.
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JennyWren
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Dave , is this a turkey tail :cool3:.... or one of those fairly similar :) :thanks:

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Jen.

Yes, looks good for Turkey-tail and they can be very variable in colouration.
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JennyWren
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thanks very much :Cool: i saw it on Saturday on the trunk of a ( cut down) tree by Loch Lomond . Thrilling to see some fungi at last :clap4:
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Laurie P
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You're well away now Jen - there'll be no stopping you now (you fungi fiend you :cwl: )
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JennyWren
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:girlygiggle: Laurie . Sadly i'm not seeing anywhere near the amount as in Devon .. and even then i wasn't very good at rooting them out . It seems early but the turkey tail looked fairly new .. certainly not very old . I'm not sure how long they take to grow to that size :thinking: Hmm , that's a point
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Davebutterflyman
Aug 14 2016, 06:15 PM
Hi Audrey.

The Lycogala genus are very tricky to separate but could still be added to the screening thread as Lycogala agg. Agreed on all of your others and the one outstanding one is indeed Dead Moll's Fingers on Sycamore substrate.

Your one John could be a Hygrocybe type but i really wouldn't like to say which one without looking at the gills. Most Hygrocybe are considered inedible to humans at least, but not particularly due to any serious level of toxicity so i would think the gull would be perfectly ok. Odd choice of food though i must say.
Thanks Dave, I've put them onto the screening thread.
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Davebutterflyman
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Ok Audrey.
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Laurie P
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I was driving through New Milton this morning (a section that's not in the National Park) past a recreation ground. There are a line of living oak trees next to the footpath and I spotted something glistening on a growth on the bottom of one of the trees as I drove past.

I parked up and walked back to the tree.

It looks like a form of bracket fungus but it is very bulbous and had what looked like a thick amber liquid oozing over it.

I think there are two of them side-by-side, each one about 12 inches wide, 8 inches high and about 8 inches thick. They are right at the base of the tree so I couldn't see underneath them, and none of the other trees had any.

I'm assuming it is a form of fungus but I couldn't find anything like it in my reference books.

Anyone any ideas?

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Hi Laurie.

That is Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, a large bracket which typically grows at the base of oak trees and occasionally on beech, birch and alder. They exude a thick amber liquid from the pores when young. This species, unsurprisingly, has no culinary value.
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Laurie P
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Thank you Dave - that's brilliant :cool2:

Certainly one I've not come across before. I just need to find one growing in the Forest now ;)
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Laurie P
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Found these growing in a clearing in Dames Slough Inclosure this morning.

Just the two next to each other.

The third photo is the best I could get my camera underneath the mushroom to see the gills.

Any ideas please?


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