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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,610 Views)
JennyWren
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Dovetail-Marg
Sep 27 2016, 04:24 PM
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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Hi Marg , yours looks a bit like one of the stages of a candlesnuff :thinking: the pictures and the fungi i've seen all have that dark base .. but it certainly looks odd
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Davebutterflyman
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That's a very odd one indeed Marg, i have no idea at the moment.

Agreed on both of those Grayling. If it was growing on oak Grayling then that should clinch it.
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Grayling
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Many thanks Dave :thankyou2:
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pisces77
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One to confirm or ? Calocera viscosa
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Davebutterflyman
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Agreed with that John, lovely photo.
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Davebutterflyman
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Post 2167 photo 2 is a Mycena type Pam but i can't narrow it down further until we get back home.
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Pam M
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No problem Dave, glad it`s OK for challenge :wave2: Have fun in Norfolk
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks Pam.
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Geoff F
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I have possible identifications for these; but my confidence isn't high.

Gymnopilus penetrans. 60 mm, 20 mm high, stem 10 mm but wider at base, creamy white spores.

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Geoff F
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Panaeolus fimicola. 20 mm, 120 mm high, black spores.

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So am I anywhere close with these suggested identifications?
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Davebutterflyman
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Definitely agreed on the first one Geoff. Can you remember if the other had a white bloom at the base of the stem?
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Geoff F
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Does this image help, Dave? I can't remember seeing anything unusual about the stem base.

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Shall I upload the first one to the Fungi Challenge?
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hi dave

i have the pictures of fungi which we found under the bench on the floor in burton mere wetlands. i have the top and took one of them out to try capture what is like inside.

these were about the size of your fingers maybe little tiny!!

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thanks dave
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Davebutterflyman
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No problem regarding the stem base and i can see enough mottling on the gills to id it as Panaeolus fimicola. Both of yours are great to add.

Hi Claire.

Yours is a Coprinus type but without a spore print i don't think i will be able to id it fully for you.
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Geoff F
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Thanks Dave, both now on the Fungi Challenge.
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Davebutterflyman
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Great, thanks very much, Geoff.
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Geoff F
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I was thinking about Coprinus domesticus for this one; but possibly not fully identifiable.

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Egg shaped cap 30 mm high and dark brown spores. Fairly short stem.
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Davebutterflyman
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Unfortunately i would have to agree with your assessment Geoff and it would need the spores checking under a microscope.
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Davebutterflyman
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Unfortunately i would have to agree with your assessment Geoff and it would need the spores checking under a microscope.
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Geoff F
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Thanks Dave, I had been looking at it on and off for a few days without coming to a definite decision. So its another of those sp varieties.
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