Woodland Mushroom Identification

Could it be Honey Fungus?

Hello,

I think it could well be Galerina marginata, though Tubaria confragosa is also possible.

best, Andreas

I think that being found recently would completely discount Honey Fungus. – I’m not aware of any Armillaria that fruits (in UK) in spring? (Plus, I completely agree that they don’t look like Honey Fungus).

Interesting that they were on deciduous wood.

Tubaria confragosa and Andreas’ suggestion of Galerina marginata both favour conifer – (but they are sometimes found on deciduous wood too!). However, both species are generally found in summer to late autumn, which would seem to rule them out also.

I’m still of the opinion that these do look like Tubaria – which does have species that might be found fruiting early in the year.

Regards,

Mike.

I’m sort of sorry I ever mentioned Armillaria now, but the scaled surface of the lower fb and the general appearance of the stipe and ring still have a familiar look to me. I’d agree on size and timing of course. However, where is your evidence for this being brown spored? Do these photos really say Galerina or Tubaria to you? I still think it’s a puzzle.

Can’t disagree. I’m not trying to push Armillaria as an ID, but neither Galerina nor Tubaria seem right either.

Hello,

I think one can be sure that this is a brown spored fungus. In the middle fruitbody the ring is beset with brown spore powder, at least it seems to me so.

So anyway, there are not many genera which share the following characters:

– cap and gills uniformely brown

– stipe with memranaceous ring zone

– stipe with with silky covering

– growing on wood

Tubaria wouldn’t have such a ring zone, except Tubaria confragosa. But this species doesn’t have a silky white stipe and occurs on coniferous wood or birch.

Pholiotina had come to my mind too, but there the ring is even more stable and moreover these species don’t occure on wood but on soil.

A Galerina from the marginata group is in my opinion the most likely answer, and all feature fit well. G. marginata does occure in Central Europe more often on decidous wood than on coniferous wood, and the fruitbodies on decidous wood always look somewhat stouter t(like yours!) than those from conifers.

Here a foto of galerina marginata from a pure beech forest, on rotten stem of Fagus – b.t.w. on the same stem also Kuehneromyces mutabilis occured at the same time …..

best regards,

Andreas