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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,597 Views)
Geoff F
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Not for certain, Dave, it was an old felled tree; probably beech or possibly birch. There is some oak in the area but I don't think it looks quite right for oak.
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Davebutterflyman
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Cheers Geoff. I'll bear all of that in mind.
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Geoff F
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Edited up the photos of other unknown fungi and I'm still totally uncertain over most of them.

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This square patch looks to be a pale shade of green but I suspect it might be white and the greenery is showing through from underneath. Probably birch, or similar. I did come up with Hyphodontia sambuci but I know virtually nothing about these powdery species.

Originally I had this one down as a Trametes versicolor variation but after looking at the underside I'm not so sure. On a stick which would also be birch or similar, possibly Hazel.

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I did find Stereum subtomentosum from the keys but I'm definitely not sure about it.
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Davebutterflyman
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Post 2439 Geoff is Datronia mollis.
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Geoff F
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Thanks. That species doesn't get mentioned in the keys which I use most often and I gave up with the other key after reaching 'projecting bracket or hoof like' which didn't seem to fit.

Just goes to show that it can be worth taking the key lines to a final conclusion even when you think you have gone wrong somewhere.
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Davebutterflyman
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Probably wise to do so Geoff but this field still remains such a minefield at times.
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Davebutterflyman
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I could submit your latest photos to Nick if you wish Geoff? i doubt i will get to look at them before the end of next week.
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Geoff F
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Yes, Dave, please send them on for a second opinion. Some may well not be fully identified but it is always useful to know if I am going in the correct direction with my use of identification keys.
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Davebutterflyman
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Ok Geoff, i'll pass the images over tomorrow.
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ukhuman1st
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Any thoughts on these species? I know very little about fungi though I believe second is a morel. Is first Judas Ear gone over? Photographed yesterday at Kilkenny Viewpoint, Gloucestershire.
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Pam M
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Hi UKH, you are correct with the second one, a Morel of some description :)
I can`t help with the first though!
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Davebutterflyman
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Agreed, the top one is a decayed Jew's Ear Fungus.

The other is Gyromitra esculenta (False Morel). Differs from Morchella elata in that it doesn't have a deeply pitted cap (More brain-like structure) and only has a short stipe.
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ukhuman1st
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Thanks Dave!
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Davebutterflyman
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A pleasure.
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Chris
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:hello1: Mushroom/fungi identification is another area that I'm not good at. I took these two photos in November last year in the same field belonging to a château in Burgundy. The two bunches were not that far apart from each other but I am not sure if they are the same variety at different stages of growth or different varieties. I would guess the former. Because they were on private land and in sight of the owner's windows I didn't want to uproot one to take a photo of the hidden parts. Nevertheless, can anyone help with ID's, please?
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Chris

Very tricky indeed without the supporting photo evidence but on first looks the top one is probably Sulphur Tuft. The second one could be an Armillaria type but could also be the later stages of Sulphur Tuft. Only photos of the gills, stipe and and ring stems would confirm or otherwise.
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Chris
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Thanks, Dave. :cool: Your response is not at all unexpected and so I will just have to grin and bear it!

Here's another one for possible ID. This one was in our garden under a bird feeder (sunflower seed shells abound!) and you can see the white stipe and side of the gills are visible this time. Any luck with this one?
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Davebutterflyman
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I'll take a closer look Chris.
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Davebutterflyman
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Still no luck on this latest one Chris. Can you tell if what, if any, types of tree were in the near vicinity?
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Chris
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:wave2: Hi Dave. Sorry, I forgot to mention that the mushroom was right next to an apple tree. Here is a picture of the actual tree and bird feeder as they were when I took the photo just a few minutes ago! Does this help?
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