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January 20, 2026 at 10:32 am in reply to: Fungus Of The Day (One identified fungus only please, with species name in attachment comment and in post) #34234gary wrote:
Velvet shank, Flammulina velutipes seen near Totnes today.
Flammulina sp unless microscopy done.
I think this is a Tricholoma species. I would expect a Hygrophorus to be sticky / shiny and ave more waxy looking gills. If anyone is interested, this was sent for DNA analysis, and came back as being in the Cortinarius croceus clade, with GenBank suggesting C.polaris or C. cinnamomeoluteus with the Unite database suggesting C.uliginosus. C.polaris is highly unlikely given this is an artic/montane species associated with dwarf Salix.
Hopefully he didn’t put the grass cuttings (and fungi) in the compost! LizT wrote:
[They have been there 3 weeks only – it’s a very weedy garden (a complete overhaul is planned for next year). They are in the middle of a patch of grass – there are no plants at all in the garden. They have just sprouted randomly, they’ve been living there 5 years and it’s the first time it’s happened. So you think they’re embedded now in the garden and removing them wouldn’t really help?
Grass is a plant but I know what you mean. There must be buried wood or roots or something.
If you remove them, remove the wood too and put them in a sealed polythene bag to avoid dispersing the spores. They are mature and have already released billions of spores so in that regard its too late.
LizT wrote:Hi Adam! Thank you so much for replying, I appreciate it. Will send this message to my cousin. What surprised me was the growth – no joke, these two things doubled in size in one week. They’re approaching the size of dustbin lids. Do you think we should remove them?
If you removed them when they were young, before they started releasing their spores, it might have reduced their ability to spread through wind dispersal. However, the main part of the fungus (the mycelium) will be in the wood and in the soil and will spread. It can grow on dead or living wood. I would advise just looking after your plants, not pruning or moving any this autumn to reduce the chance of infection. Healthy plants have more chance of resisting an infection. Just like us!
Fungicides will also kill beneficial mycorrhizal fungi that can protect plants, improve water retention, availability of nutrients and strengthen trees from being blown over, so I advise against those.
Clarence wrote:
Should I be removing these? Will it effect the oysters when they do start to grow?
Myxos typically feed on bacteria and surface debris, and move on. Worth a read up on myxomycetes, they are fascinating. Some good You Tube videos on them.
Welcome to UK Fungi. These are honey fungus, harmless to people, harmful to trees and other woody plants.
Welcome to UK fungi. Far more info is needed to identify this bolete (a fungus with stem, cap and pores)
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Welcome to UK Fungi 
The reason you had no replies is that the focus of this community is on wild fungi rather than cultivation.
I wish you best of luck with your endeavours!
August 24, 2025 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Fungus Of The Day (One identified fungus only please, with species name in attachment comment and in post) #34228Pluteus aurantiorugosus / Flame Shield Thanks for the donations. I’ll delete this post soon. June 5, 2025 at 10:03 am in reply to: Fungus Of The Day (One identified fungus only please, with species name in attachment comment and in post) #34227Amanita excelsa gary wrote:
Hi Adam,I’m sure there’s quite a few of us who would really miss the site and appreciate your work in keeping it going,who would also be willing to make a donation.
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Thanks, Gary. Much appreciated. The hosting cost is really quite small, although it impacts my time when such things happen. CloudFlare seems to be working well now. The number of “guests” (it was a DDOS attack without any obvious sophistication) has reduced to manageable levels from 1000s, and 100s of page requests per second. They also offer an “under attack” mode which keeps the site up but can cause some issues for regular users. Hopefully, they’ve moved onto easier targets now.
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