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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,638 Views)
Jane
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:giggle: dave. I hope it doesn't rain for you!

:thanks: jen
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Davebutterflyman
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:lol: Jane

Looks like we might just miss the showers....at the moment anyway!
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Pam M
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I seem to be going around in circles identifing fungi :think:

Are these both Glistening Ink Cap

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Thanks for looking :wave2:
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Pam.

They certainly look like Coprinus types but would need to see more detail on the caps and possibly gills. For what it's worth my money would be on Coprinus micaceus for the second photo.
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Pam M
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I think this is a Boletes of some description?

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Pam.

Not a Boletus sp i'm afraid (they have pores as opposed to gills) i can't see a ring or remains of a veil and no bulbous stem so not an Amanita type. The gills look brown and along with those cap markings could point to an Agaricus type. I should be able to get closer with an id when we get back from Norfolk.
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Pam M
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And finally a question & one more :read:
I know that looking at the gills/underside of mushrooms helps with identifing them, but I am reluctant to pull them up because it may damage their life cycle. Is it OK to pull them up?

This one caught my eye in grassland, about 3-5cm across & by itself, a lovely delicate colour. I`m clueless :think:

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Thanks for your patience :wave2:
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Pam M
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Thanks for looking Dave, I`m sure there are 101 more interesting things to do when you are on holiday than Iding fungi!!!

Thinking about the Agaricus type, I`m now thinking Scaly Wood Mushroom, Agaricus Silvaticus.
Enjoy your holidays :sunshine: or :rain:
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Pam.

No worries at all and it's good for me to keep looking at fungi, helps keep my brain active!

Was there any animal dung close by? It might be tricky without the gill photo but my original thought would be that a spore print and microscopic examination would be required.

Fungi do not wilt and die when picked, it is acceptable to pick one for closer examination and then to replace it the correct way up where it will continue to ripen and shed its spores. Failing that, you could use a small mirror, placed on the ground under the cap and take a reflection of the gills in the mirror, quite effective if you would rather not uproot them so to speak.
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Pam M
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Hi Dave, a mirror would be a good idea, but great to know that I can up root them without disturbing the sporing processs, I live & learn :read: :wave2:
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Davebutterflyman
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Another good thing to carry around Pam is a small garden trowel, one of those indoor gardening types, this way you can dig up the surrounding earth (if they are on soil) and remove a large clump, this makes it easier to replace the fungi back into the ground. If there are numerous types of one particular fungi then you can remove the cap and take a spore print (there is a section on the site somewhere about how to take a spore print)
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Pam M
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Thanks for the info Dave & your time & trouble.
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Davebutterflyman
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No trouble at all Pam.
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Jane
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Dave are these yellow wax caps?

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And are these Red or orange wax caps?

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Jane.

The first two are Parrot Waxcap. The next two are a Red waxcap type but i can't id them and the last one could also be red waxcap.
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Jane
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:thanks: Dave. First time I've ever seen waxcaps so the Parrot WC is a surprise!

Will I be able to use the red ones in the challenge? (not the last photo)
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Davebutterflyman
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It's a very good find Jane and they are not always obvious with the different colour stages of the cap but parrot waxcap nearly always shows some green on the stem.

The red ones are fine to use on your challenge.
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Jane
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That's great, thanks Dave. Glad I managed to get the green stem!
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Davebutterflyman
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:cool2:
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Jane
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I've got another one now :giggle:

Is this O.K. for Amethyst deceiver?

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