Fungi in the Landscape

NellyDee · Post by **NellyDee** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:11 am

Sorry didn't think to post underside and close up - herewith
P.S - I may well be wrong, maybe honey fungus growing on lawn as well and I though they were all the same. When it stops raining will go out and have another look.

Flaxton · Post by **Flaxton** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:38 pm

Armillaria gallica can grow in lawns not specifically on stumps or the like.
Mal

Chris Yeates · Post by **Chris Yeates** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:38 pm

Flaxton wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:38 pm
Armillaria gallica can grow in lawns not specifically on stumps or the like.
Mal

In the 20+ years I have lived at my current place, honey fungus has appeared (quite a few fruitbodies) in just one of those years. Clearly a non-parasitic form as no damage to trees or shrubs has occurred.
Chris

adampembs · Post by **adampembs** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:13 pm

Flaxton wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:38 pm
Armillaria gallica can grow in lawns not specifically on stumps or the like.
Mal

I wonder how deep the mycelium can go. I've seen Armillaria growing on a woodland path, in places erosion had exposed tree roots that the fruitbodies were growing on. If the roots are a foot or two under the lawn.... or perhaps buried wood or woodchip. You might see it on lawns but never on unimproved grassland.

Chris Yeates · Post by **Chris Yeates** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:18 pm

From The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition):
"Most species cause serious root diseases in woody plants; some form orchid mycorrhizas. Application of a biological species concept has led to
recognition of a larger number of biological species, which cannot always be recognised morphologically".

In other words it can be difficult to identify taxa with certainty based only on macro- and micro-characters. It follows then that it's impossible for the amateur to say that a particular "Armillaria" has particular habitat requirements. Also that Armillaria spp. are not all obligate parasites.

NellyDee · Post by **NellyDee** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:34 am

Sorry guys you have got me confused here. Are you saying that it is not Cortinarius trivialis which I posted and that it is Armillaria gallica? I posted close up and underside for you to see.

I did wonder if all the fungi shown were all the same so went out and had a look there are in fact very few of what I thought was Cortinarius trivialis on one side of the lawn, the majority are Armillaria (blast!) which I thought mainly appeared on the lower ground and have in the past worried about my woodland trees and asked advice. Here is close up of the Armillaria, spores yellowish brown.

As it was not raining too hard I looked down onto the lower ground, which has been flooded for most of the year, and yes there is barely a fallen tree that is not covered by them - Fungi in the Landscape for you!

adampembs · Post by **adampembs** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:47 am

NellyDee wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:34 am
Sorry guys you have got me confused here. Are you saying that it is not Cortinarius trivialis which I posted and that it is Armillaria gallica? I posted close up and underside for you to see.

The definitive way to separate them is with a spore print. Cortinarius = brown, Armillaria = creamy white

"Spores yellowish brown" - now you have me confused? Where is the photo of the spore print?

adampembs · Post by **adampembs** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:57 am

The gills of old Armillaria go brown which causes confusion, along with having a cobwebby veil. I think most of us have been caught out by this before. Something to look for if you don't want to wait for a spore deposit - Cortinarius spores can often be seen as a brown deposit on the stem, often stuck on the veil remnants , making a banding effect.

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/cortinarius.html

Chris Yeates · Post by **Chris Yeates** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:15 pm

NellyDee wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:34 am
Sorry guys you have got me confused here. Are you saying that it is not Cortinarius trivialis which I posted and that it is Armillaria gallica? I posted close up and underside for you to see.

Yes Nelly - it's definitely an Armillaria; tricky to say which. Even without a microscope a spore-print would separate the two genera. But both Armillaria and Cortinarius are difficult genera, even microscopy only helps to a limited extent.
Chris

PS and it's safe to say there's no way you would see a Cortinarius species fruiting like http://www.fungi.org.uk/download/file.p ... &mode=view

NellyDee · Post by **NellyDee** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:15 am

OK I know photo of mass of fungi on fallen trees is Armillaria as it was identified when it first started appearing here ages ago. But I am still puzzled by this fungi which was growing on the 'mossy' lawn along with the Armillaria. Are you saying that this too is an Armillaria? It looks so different?

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:28 am

Here are some more fungi in the Sheffield area landscape, all taken with my mobile phone. No-one takes any notice of you if you take a picture of anything with a smart phone - but if you were to set up a tripod and a big macro camera on a busy roadside grass verge.........

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:38 am

More fungi in the Sheffield landscape - none of which I collected to ID as my wife was having an operation - I have recorded many species in the grounds of Sheffield hospitals.