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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,611 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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It's possible Claire but not possible to tell at this early stage, there are at least three other candidates and possibly another two to take into consideration. The only way to tell for sure would be to wait until they are fully developed, this should only take a week or so, and then further photos at that stage should reveal the type of fungus it is.
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Geoff.

Yours looks like Tricholoma fulvum (Birch Knight). The gills develop brown spots with age and can appear black, also the decurrent tooth running down the stem can appear in older specimens of T.fulvum.

One for the fungi challenge as well.
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Geoff F
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They were individuals, Dave, but several growing scattered around the area. Neither a tight cluster nor a sole individual.

Thanks for the help I will now read up on them and also see where I could have gone wrong with the keys.
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Davebutterflyman
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It's a very tricky one Geoff and i had a second opinion from a fungi expert i know, he said that he had seen similar individuals in the past that showed the decurrent tooth running down the stipe.
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Naturezel
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The fungi in the photo was growing in the bottom of a hedge on an old tree stump but I have no idea what kind of trees they had been. There was a row of trees which were cut back some time ago before I started visiting the place and a beech hedge has been planted over the top of them. The first photo shows the large specimen and just at the left side you can see what I think was a young one growing which looks rather like a shiny conker. I tried to get a better shot of the small one but unfortunately it is blurred. The second shot is just the large one which I zoomed in on.

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The next 2 are of some fungi I saw whilst on holiday in Dorset at the sub tropical gardens in Abbotsbury.

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Davebutterflyman
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The first one Hazel might be Beefsteak but it looks a very unusual shape, can't say for sure at the moment and no idea as yet on the other two. I might have to wait until i can consult my keys and guides which are at home unfortunately and we are in Norfolk for three weeks.
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Pam M
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Hi folks, I`m here again struggling with fungi :)

Is this a young Beefsteak Fungus, growing on Oak


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A Bonnet of some sorts

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Pam M
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And more!!
Thanks for looking :thankyou2:

Earthball, Scleroderma cepa, on Oak


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Turley Tail

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A Waxcap, but which one? Maybe Golden Waxcap?

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Hi Dave , i posted this ?puff ball on the Spotting Discussion .. probably the wrong place :) Just wanted confirmation that this could be a Common puffball ? The second pic is of the back side .. no stem and the fungi felt hollow . I realise you're away and'll wait now till you're back :thanks:

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Naturezel
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Ok thanks Dave
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Davebutterflyman
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:cool2: Hazel

Pam.

Agreed on Beefsteak. The bonnet-type i will have to look to when we come back from Norfolk so i can consult my guides. Scleroderma cepa usually grows on a soil substrate that is immediately associated with oak but not actually on the host, but it does look like what you suggest, i'll have to investigate.

Agreed on Turkey-tail.

The Golden Waxcap: the gills aren't decurrent so it's not H.ceracea, the gills look adnate, broad and fairly distant on yours so it could well be H.chlorophana but it depends on whether the stem is glutinous which could make it Hygrocybe glutinipes. Can you remember if the stem was solid Pam?

Agreed on your Common Puffball, Jen.
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:thanks: Dave ... sorry to have put it on both places :doh: Hope the break is going well . We've had smashing weather today :bag: ...... :)
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Grayling
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Is this Beefsteak Fungus?

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Underside

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I think this is Blackening Waxcap?

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Pink Waxcap? The broken pieces were already beside the whole one when I found it - grassy area in a churchyard.

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Scarletina Bolete Boletus luridiformis?

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and finally - Hen of the Woods?

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Pam M
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Thanks for looking Dave, have a great holiday :) I think the stem was solid on the waxcap :)
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks Jen.

Thanks Pam. I would go with your suggestion of Golden Waxcap.

Hi Grayling.

Yes to Beefsteak and Blackening Waxcap, also to Pink waxcap which is a great find.

Also agree to Boletus luridiformis, it has red spotting on the stem as opposed to red netting.

The Hen of the woods is trickier, can you remember what type of tree it was growing from?
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Davebutterflyman
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I was just going to also add that many of these can go on the fungi photo challenge, what i'll do when we come back is PM all of those members that have eligible species to add and state which ones they are.
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JennyWren
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OK Dave :cool4:
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Grayling
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Many thanks Dave for your help. :Cool:

It was a mixed woodland of predominantly beech and oak. I'll see if I can find it again on my next visit - I'm hoping to go back soon.
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Dovetail-Marg
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I saw this very weird fungi when walking in The Forest of Dean last Sunday. It was the white threads that caught my attention....any ideas please?
It was in a rather awkward place to get to, and out of quite a few photos this was the only decent photo, the rest were blurred. It was on a fallen tree, but I couldn't tell what the tree was though.

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Grayling
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I wonder if it is something that has "gone over" Marg? :hmm:

I think this is Yellow Fieldcap? It was very small and there were some others around it which were a bit further on and were more of a fawn coloured disc with a yellow raised centre - for some reason I don't seem to have taken a photo of those. Grassy area in a churchyard.

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and I think this is Scurfy Deceiver? Acid sandy soil beneath pine.

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