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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,642 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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That's ok Jen...i'll take a further look, i might have missed something that would help with the id.

Pleasure Grayling.
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Davebutterflyman
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It might be a slightly ageing Pleurotus ostreatus, Jen.
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JennyWren
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strange isn't it Dave .. to me it wasn't quite like any in the black book . I see the one you mention but the older specimens were ragged but not as their photos .. but as you say probably older specimens . I've only put these here so that i could have a better look . They almost have a little skirt around the edge with some sort of marking :thinking:

I'm finding all these cream/brown varieties quite confusing :nod: All very interesting though :cool2:
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Davebutterflyman
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They can drive you nuts sometimes Jen....especially when they are either young fungi or old fungi, they can look completely different from mature specimens.
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Tabatha
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I noticed this in the woods. yesterday. Is it king Alfred cakes fungi?

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This was on a very old tree stump just outside the woods. Some kind of bracket fungi, I guess.
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Tabatha.

The first two look like King Alfred's Cakes but i'm not sure on the last one yet.
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Tabatha
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:thanks: Dave. At least I got one right. When I first saw the trunk I thought it was something else. :girlygiggle:
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Davebutterflyman
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:lol:

I think the last one could be Oak mazegill, there are certainly oak leaves at the base of the tree trunk/stump.
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Davebutterflyman
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I have looked again Tabatha and i'm convinced it is Oak Mazegill, just an older specimen.
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Grayling
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These are currently growing through the moss in my lawn - very small.

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Davebutterflyman
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Possibly a Paneolus type Grayling. I'll go though my id guides.
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Thanks Dave, I'll look that up too :cool3:
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Davebutterflyman
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Sorry Grayling, i misspelt that and it should have read Panaeolus or more commonly known as Mottlegills.
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JennyWren
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hi Dave ... i noticed this on a tree on the shores of Loch Maree . I wondered what it was .. can you help please :thinking:

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Jen.

Do you know what type of tree it was growing on?
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JennyWren
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oh blimey .. after i posted it i knew that would be your first question :kick: ........ :girlygiggle: ..... Now i feel :doh: and i should know from the bark .

There were a few firs ... birch and alder ..... would it be the alder ? i think it was .. and the top had broken
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks Jen.

I do that myself and wish i had made a note of what tree it was on and then get back home an kick myself :lol:

I'll have a further look.
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I wonder if it's a kind of slime mould , Dave .. i'd just been googling the white fungus . This was very hard though , not soft
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Jen.

It is more than likely the very early stages of a Polypore fungus.
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