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| Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,697 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Nov 23 2011, 07:02 PM Post #441 |
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Brilliant, thanks Dave. It is growing in our top lawn in moss with buttercup on acid soil. Also on chalk/flint very short cropped grass where the Waxcaps are. |
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| Davebutterflyman | Nov 23 2011, 08:07 PM Post #442 |
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I'll let you know Judy as soon as i have had a reply. |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 23 2011, 10:52 PM Post #443 |
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Anyone know these ? They were photographed by Katie a while ago.![]() These were very small
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| Deleted User | Nov 23 2011, 11:15 PM Post #444 |
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Sorry Larry, Need photos of the gills and stem to be able to give a positive ID. |
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2011, 12:19 AM Post #445 |
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I'm really struggling to sort this one Dave! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 26 2011, 11:14 AM Post #446 |
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Cramp Balls aka King Alfred's Cake?
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2011, 11:27 AM Post #447 |
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Spot on Larry :clap: |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 26 2011, 09:28 PM Post #448 |
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Hygrocybe spadicea? Are you near limestone or basalt? |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 26 2011, 09:37 PM Post #449 |
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I'd quite like an ID of this one: a Lactarius?
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2011, 09:37 PM Post #450 |
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'Fraid not Larry. East Devon Pebblebed Heaths = acid sand |
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| Davebutterflyman | Nov 26 2011, 09:58 PM Post #451 |
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I'm stuck on both of those. |
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2011, 10:03 PM Post #452 |
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What size is that one Larry? and are the gills decurrent, adnate, adnexed, or free.? |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 26 2011, 10:19 PM Post #453 |
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Err, you got me there! I'd say it measured about 6 inches across (15cm),, gills looked to be either forked or of varying length. |
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| Deleted User | Nov 26 2011, 11:04 PM Post #454 |
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size helps a bit but really weneed much more info for a proper id. Without all the necessary details it is very easy to make fatal mistakes when doing fungi IDs. The following might be helpful ![]() To ensure some hope of getting your fungi photos identified it is essential for all but the obvious ones such as Fly Agaric to provide as much detail as possible. The basic requirementS :- for fungi with a CAP AND STEM 1 Size - diameter of cap and height of stem. If you are not good at guestimating size and dont carry a ruler a coin placed on or beside the fungus will at least give some point of reference to work from. 2 as well as a photo of the cap it is essential to show the gills and stem. The relationship of the inner end of the gills with the stem is very important in identification - To do this without having to pick the fungus you can carry a small mirror which can be placed strategically under the fungus so that these details can be seen on the single photo of the cap 3. It is extremely helpful if you can take note of where it is growing eg, under pine tree, on soil with moss, in grass, on Birch tree or whatever tree living or dead. BRACKET FUNGI 1 The size a. from side to side b. from back to front c. Thickness 2 A closeup of the pores or gills on the underside. 3. Identification of what it is growing on or a photo if you dont know. Some fungi can only be seperated from other similar species by taking a spore print to discover the colour of the spores which can be diagnostic. Others can only be identified by microscopic exam of the spores and the spore bearing basidia. To take a spore print it is necessary to pick a reasonably mature specimen and to place it Gills or pores down on paper half white and half black for a few hours. When you lift the cap you will see a pattern of very fine dust on the paper. This is the spores. The black paper is to show up the white or very pale spores. The white paper will show the darker coloured ones depending on which species you have.! |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 27 2011, 11:55 AM Post #455 |
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Thanks for the tips, small mirror, great idea!! I should really pick the shroom and check out its vitals but a) I dont like to disturb things found in the wild. And b) I told my kids they mustnt touch any fungi just in case, so I would be contradicting myself if I did
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| Deleted User | Nov 27 2011, 12:54 PM Post #456 |
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That is very good advice to them Larry. The mirror is really useful trick to get a good view of the underside which is really important in getting correct IDs. |
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| GreenLarry | Nov 27 2011, 04:02 PM Post #457 |
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Hmm, I had a small mirror somewhere when i took an old camera apart.....how about an old makeup compact? |
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| Deleted User | Nov 27 2011, 05:51 PM Post #458 |
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makeup compact is perfect Larry You can shut it up and carry it in your pocket and know that you cant accidentally break it with bloody consequences ( I speak from experience). Another thing you can do is keep a small coin taped to the inside of it to put in the photo for a size indicator. |
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| NBShaz | Nov 28 2011, 12:31 AM Post #459 |
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Ohh super idea re the compact case and coin inside (I have a 5p velro'd to the back of my mobile phone at the moment :D .. but not one for makeup :D I didn't think of using a compact mirror will have to treat myself to one .. a first for everything and thats good advice to the young ones too Larry
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| happyhare | Nov 29 2011, 02:12 PM Post #460 |
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What are these orange ones please? Sorry I don't have any info on them except they were growing on a willow tree.
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will have to treat myself to one .. a first for everything
and thats good advice to the young ones too Larry
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