Fungus Of The Day (One identified fungus only please, with species name in attachment comment and in post)

[Lancashire Lad]

Clavulina coralloides – Crested Coral.

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Regards,

Mike.

[Gracie]

A superb photo and a great fungus always nice to see these little corals

[Lancashire Lad]

It’s that time of year again!

Hard to believe that the orange variants have now been appearing at this site for 10 years.

The normal scarlet fruitbodies have appeared over an area of several hundred metres for who knows how many years.

The orange variants first appeared (at just one very localised spot amongst the scarlet ones), in January 2013, and they have reappeared at that same spot without fail every year since.

Sarcoscypha austriaca – Scarlet Elf Cup and its Orange Variant: –

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Regards,

Mike

[Gracie]

They are so unusual and rather lovely, wasn’t microscopy done on them once and they were the same species? Superb photos as usual

[Lancashire Lad]

Gracie wrote:

. . . . wasn’t microscopy done on them once and they were the same species? . . .

Hi Gracie,

Yes, I did microscopy when the orange variants first appeared in 2013.

After I posted images and details online, eminent German mycologist Hans-Otto Baral confirmed that they were a colour variant of Sarcoscypha austriaca.

Samples were also sent to Kew at the time, wher Dr. Paul Cannon carried out further microscopy and also gave his agreement of S.austriaca.

I know they are located in Lancashire, but an article of mine, giving more details about the initial find in 2013, including all relevant micro and macro photographs can be found online in this “Autumn 2015” issue of the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group newsletter: –

http://www.herefordfungi.org/index_htm_files/HFSG%20News%20Sheet%2030.pdf

Regards,

Mike.

[Gracie]

Thank you Mike

[alindsay]

Vinegar Cup, Hellvella acetabulum at Ifton Meadows, Shropshire.

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[MykoGolfer]

Recorded at Ainsdale Sand Dunes Reserve. For many years this was identified as Morchella elata. Kew requested a specimen and after DNA sequencing declared it to be Morchella pupurascens.

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[Lancashire Lad]

Rubroboletus legaliae – Bilious Bolete: –

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Regards,

Mike.

[Chris Yeates]

Defying the books, which imply that it’s rare outside woodland, and not usually found in ruderal sites, c.40 of these little beauties at various stages – spotted while walking back from Lidl, by the central ring road in Huddersfield! In mossy soil between a rough lawn and a low wall.

Cyathus striatus Willd.

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[Lancashire Lad]

Inocybe sindonia – Beige Fibrecap: –

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Regards,

Mike

[adampembs]

Lancashire Lad wrote:

Inocybe sindonia – Beige Fibrecap: –

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Regards,

Mike

Very nice! One I’d like to find.

[Peachysteve]

Dissoderma contortipes

Found at two locations on good waxcap grassland site in the Peak District.

Shown alongside D. paradoxum, also prevalent at the site.

Spores subglobose 5.5 x 5

[adampembs]

Nice find and photos!

[gary]

Did that used to be Squamanita?

I can’t keep up!

Parasitising Cystoderma amiantheum ?

Seen it once on IGER/MLURI experimental farm plots near Sennybridge

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