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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,703 Views)
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Yes, that can go on the challenge Chris.

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Thanks, Judy, I have added it to the Challenge. :cool2:
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:cool1: Well done Chris .. I know a little more trouble goes a long way in helping Judy n Dave do ID's

Paula welcome to the world of fungi too :lol2: just as bad as moths I'm afraid for ID .. but great fun bit more work involved tho getting all the info but well worth it .. so keep at it :D

OK .. a few more from me :D please

This was whole the night before as you can see here .. it was a big fungi and fresh
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Then next morning this is all that was left ..

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2 Birch Bollette ? I havent looked yet .. trying to remember from last year
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:giggle: Shaz. There would have been nothing left if I had got to it before the slugs.

1. Boletus edulis - Cep
2. Correct
3. Clitocybe nebularis

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I believe that lichen is a type of Fungus and so hope that I am right in posting these picture here for ID.

I found on this dead tree trunk (no leaves visible) three, possibly four, different types of lichen/fungi. I think the round grey one is a squamulose lichen (Physcia grisca) but I am not sure about the others. Is it possible to ID them, please?
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Hi Chris, Lichen are in a class of their own as each one is a symbiotic organism between a specific fungus and an alga. They are extremelydifficult to d without microscopic examination .... although there are a few that can be Id by sight.
Detailed macro photography can help n some cases and it is important to get god macro of the fruiting vessels. Ident of lichens is one that I keep for times when I have plenty of time on my hands :cwl: so blue moon occurrence.

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OK, Judy, no problem...... ;)
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Hi just a few :lol:

All were in mixed woodland

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This one was under an Oak Tree, I have tried to photo underneath, it stood about 2 inches tall and was 2-3inches in diameter
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undeveloped PHOLIOTA SQUARROSA?

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Pleated Inkcap?
It stood about an inch high, a little less in diameter, was found under a Holly bush in a small group

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This was on what looked like a rotting Oak log, was about 5 inches at its widest, was quite a large group of them, the white centre was quite fibrous
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Thankyou for giving such clear info. Excellent Paul :clap:

Number 1 is Scleroderma verrucosum - Scaly Earthball.

If you carry a small mirror and lay it on the ground under the fungus you can get a good image of the gill or pore layer that way without disturbing the specimen or having to do contortions.
The mirror technique is useful for getting photos in awkward situations of plants and insects as well :grin: The only problem is remembering to take the mirror with you :lol2:
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Although hugely out of focus, the last one gives more of an idea of its actual colour, quite vivid pale purple/blue, was quite small, about 3/4 inch tall and 1/2 inch in diameter, growing in a moss covered glade, under a rotting log (unidentifiable)

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1/2 inch Daimeter at most, in quite a small colony, growing on what seems to be a rotting Oak stump

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Growing in a nettle and Ivy covered clearing, it stood about 3-4 inches tall, about 1 and 3/4 inches in diameter, in groups of 2-3 only
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Poolie your purple one might be an amythest deceiver :thinking:
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This was growing in thick moss, stood about an inch high, 1/2 inch in diameter and was very slimey and slug like to touch

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On an unidentified log, quite a large group, about a foot wide, 3/4 foot from log to edge, only appeared to grow were there was plenty of light coming through

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Under a conifer, in thick damp mud, quite bare surroundings, about 4inches long and a bit wider
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Thats it for now :lol:
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Well done Pholiota squarrosa

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Coprinus plicatilis

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Have you got a photo of the upper surface of this one please,

It also helps with the Polypores (bracket fungi) if you can get a close up of the pores as the shape and size of them is often diagnostic.

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ooops you were still posting :grin:
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Let's see if I can sort the rest......

5 Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina - poisonous.

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Probably Crepidotus variabilis 9( there are around 10 species of Crepidotus only distinguishable by microscopic examination though the size and location points to C. variablis.

I will look at the rest a bit later Paul.


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not 100% sure yet

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Too young to be absolutely sure.

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Ganoderma applanatum

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Thelephora palmata


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We seem to have 2 Fungi ID threads on the go :confused: this one and also this one http://s9.zetaboards.com/Nature_uk/topic/7235325/1/?x=60#new

Could they be merged perhaps else ID's could get missed or it could get very confusing .. :thinking:
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No.4 I thought that was the top, they were packed that tight together I couldn't get the other side, I dont think even your mirror trick would have helped here :lol:

Thanks for your help Judy, its much appreciated :yes: :clap2:
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