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Fungi ID; Place all your Fungi ID's here
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 12:07 PM (36,628 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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Pleasure, Ann.

Nice find as well.
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Davebutterflyman
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Number 3 on the previous page of your set Hazel might be a Tricholoma sp.
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AnnB
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Some more fungi for you Dave, if you get the chance to have a look.

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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Ann.

I'll go through my guides.

Number 3 though looks like Amanita citrina var.alba
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AnnB
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Ooh, False Death Cap - that would be handy, I need that for the challenge.

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Davebutterflyman
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I'll confirm that one for you Ann, definitely False Deathcap.

4. An older specimen of Polyporus tuberaster - This can be added to the fungi screening thread as well Ann.
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Davebutterflyman
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The last two are Pholiota types Ann and i'm just looking through a few guides to tie them down.
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Geoff F
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I have been struggling with this group of brackets.

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About 4 to 5 inches across quite deep and fairly tough. Broadleaf damp woodland but not sure of the actual fallen tree. Beech, Oak and Alder are in the area, with others which have obviously different bark.

I had a few ideas but nothing seems to come together perfectly.
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Geoff.

Daedaleopsis confragosa is a possibility, has numerous colour cycles as well.
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AnnB
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Thanks Dave for the Pholiota update.
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Geoff F
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Yes, Dave, the Blushing Bracket was well up in my list of possible answers but I was rather reluctant to definitely say yes with the underside looking so dark.

But as you mentioned, they can be quite variable and I have found them in that general area previously.

The underside pore shape has ruled out most of my possible alternatives. So I will label it as Blushing Bracket but add 'possibly' to the title.

And I have another one where I'm uncertain so I will upload it separately.
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Geoff F
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Here is my other 'puzzler'.

Initially I had it down as Paxillus but then I saw the stem ring. Several scattered around fallen trees singly and in small groups. From 4 to 6 ins diameter. Darkening from the centre then becoming radially streaked and eventually very dark brown. Spores creamy white; which shattered many of my simple alternatives.

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Now I'm thinking about a rather dark form of Honey Fungus - Armillaria mellea.
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Davebutterflyman
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The tubes and pores start off white and then change to beige and age to grey. The underside can bruise to a brownish-pink when handled Geoff. The similar Daedalea quercina has a maze-like structure to the pores/tubes as well but are aligned radially and more open slot-like than the closed slits of confragosa. They can be tricky to id and microscopy of the pores is usually the best way to separate them but looking at the underside of your second photo Geoff, i would say that the pores/tubes are more of a closed structure than the open slots of quercina.

The only other confusion type that i am aware of, Lenzites betulinus, has gills as opposed to pores/tubes.
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Davebutterflyman
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The ring stem would certainly point towards an Armillaria type Geoff and my first impressions are erring towards that.
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Geoff F
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Thanks Dave, I've tried the keys in various ways to overcome any mistakes which I may have made and still can't find anything better.

Initially I just discounted that answer because the Honey Fugus which I have previously encountered has been smaller and paler. Then I read the description from my main book but still wasn't convinced. But eventually I saw a little sub note and small insert image labelled as Alternative colour form; and that did indeed look similar.

Life is for learning isn't it!
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Davebutterflyman
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It certainly is Geoff and especially when it comes to fungi. There are a few tests you can do in the field but most are required to be popped under a microscope or subjected to chemical testing, i have found however that photos of cap, stem, and volva (where applicable) along with bruising tests, spore prints and cap peeling (especially useful in determining a handful of Russula types) plus substrate info can at least get you closer to a positive id. Smell can also be a useful pointer but even after all of the above, unless the specimens are in a mature state (not gone over or too young) it is still a minefield.
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Davebutterflyman
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Hi Ann.

Going back to your post above.

1. Coprinellus type.
2. Coprinopsis type.

The two Pholiota sp aren't identifiable in these early stages Ann i'm afraid but if you were to revisit the site soon they will be more developed and more likely to be identifiable.
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AnnB
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Thank you Dave. I appreciate all the trouble you go to, it has certainly been of huge help to me.
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Davebutterflyman
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A pleasure, Ann.
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Dovetail-Marg
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Hi Dave, two fungi that I need help with please. :)

Is this possibly Plums and custard? I've never seen one like this before. :)

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I'm not too sure which one this is, but it wasn't very tall and seemed a bit on the grey side, but that could have been because I saw it in a dark place in the forest.

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