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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,608 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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Hi Hazel.

1. Chicken of the Woods
2. Sulphur Tuft
3. The last one i think is just Common Puffball but i'll just have to check it.
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Geoff F
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Another tricky one which may defy identification.

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On a path in the damp wood. 20 mm diameter, 30 mm high, white spores. A group of mixed sizes but nothing bigger than this.

I'm thinking Mycena but start to struggle after that. Slight pinkish tinge to the caps and distinctly pink gills. Cap looks a bit flat and pale for M. inclinata; a bit on the small side for M. rosea?
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Davebutterflyman
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Those wide-spaced gills, pale cap colouration, slightly contorted stems and gill colouration (which is the same colour as the cap before it fades) reminds me a lot of Laccaria laccata, more commonly known as The Deceiver, Geoff. I'll look into it further as this particular species can be very hard to id when older specimens are presented.
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Davebutterflyman
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Common puffball for your last one Hazel.
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Naturezel
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Thanks Dave
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Davebutterflyman
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Ok Hazel.
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Grayling
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A couple I'd like some help with please - from Ebernoe the other day, mixed woodland mainly beech and oak.

On dead wood - distinctly grey in colour, had a bit of a sheen to them

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A bit closer look at the stipe

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Lilac Bonnet? In the churchyard

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This one looked grey with a lilac tinge to the edge but very lilac/purple gills

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Davebutterflyman
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Agreed with Lilac Bonnet Grayling and the last two photos are of Amethyst deceiver.

The first fungi is a Mycena type and i'll take a closer look.
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Grayling
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Many thanks Dave :thankyou2:

I wouldn't have got that as Amethyst Deceiver - it must've been past its' best.

This I think might be False Deathcap? Different habitat - oak, birch, pine. The cap was pale yellow in colour which dosn't really show in my photos.


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Geoff F
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Another personal note added to my ID keys, Dave. I see that Mycena get separated out based chiefly on size but that bye passes any small Laccaria.
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Davebutterflyman
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Some Amethyst deceiver can vary greatly in colouration Grayling for many different reasons. Caps can look almost bleached whilst retaining the purple gills and some end up looking very similar to The Deceiver, can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes.

Classic Amanita citrina (False Deathcap), showing remnants of the veil on the cap and also still part of it attached to the stipe. It can be confused with Amanita virosa when specimens are older but the False Deathcap usually carries remnants of the veil on the cap through full maturity and also Amanita virosa has quite a strong, sickly odour (similar, but not as pungent as Amanita phalloides) whilst i have found that False Deathcap has no discernible odour, other than a hint of woody-radish when cut. Amanita virosa usually loses it's ring stem quite early whilst False Deathcap tends to carry it though maturity.

Mycena genus are a real minefield Geoff and i find many unidentifiable just from the basic elements alone, usually i would expect to have use of a microscope to be sure.
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Grayling
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Many thanks Dave and thank you for the info. :thankyou2:
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Davebutterflyman
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A pleasure, Grayling.
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JennyWren
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:hi: Dave i have a few fungi which i keep putting off posting for ID ... but i can't really find all of them :thinking: can i ask for help please if i put up a couple at a time ?

These are in the garden on the grass beneath a weeping willow tree

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Jen.

I'll certainly take a look for you.
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JennyWren
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:thanks: Aww thank you Dave .. suddenly i had quite a few and kept leaving them instead of asking for help .. i just can't be sure of those i have at the moment
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Pam M
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Hi Folks, is this Beech Jellydisc?
Thanks for looking :)


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earthdragon64
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I found these brackets growing on fallen Ash and also a dead upright Ash stump, any ideas?

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Grayling
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Hi Pam :hi: - I would say not; I found some Beech Jellydisc the other day and it is more "jelly" like. I'm sure Dave will be able to ID it for you. :nod:
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Davebutterflyman
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Grayling is spot on Pam and they look more like a Stereum type to me, i'll look into it.

No worries Jen and i'm still looking at the moment, they remind me of Clitocybe gibbosa but i don't think it is quite right.

Not sure at the moment Audrey but i'll look into it.
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