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

[adampembs]

Amanita excelsa

[adampembs]

Pluteus aurantiorugosus / Flame Shield

[Lancashire Lad]

Pholiota squarrosa – Shaggy Scalycap: –

Found on 30th September 2025, on a decaying fallen trunk overhanging a woodland stream.

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[attachment=0]Pholiota squarrosa – Shaggy Scalycap.jpg[/attachment]
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Regards,

Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Suillus Lueteus – Slippery Jack: –

Found October 2nd, 2025, under Pine, in a peripheral wooded area of a west Lancashire cemetery.

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[attachment=0]Suillus luteus – Slippery Jack.jpg[/attachment]
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Regards,

Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Schizophyllum commune – Splitgill

Found 17th October 2025 growing through a small hole in the black plastic wrapping of a large silage bale.

I much prefer natural ambient lighting for my fungus photography, (with use of a folding Lastolite reflector where necessary), rather than using any form of artificial lighting.

But on this occasion, due to the position of the fungus and very overcast daylight conditions, LED lighting was a necessity.

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[attachment=0]Schizophyllum commune – Splitgill.jpg[/attachment]
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Regards,

Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Tricholoma imbricatum – Matt Knight

Found under Pine, in a peripheral wooded area of a west Lancashire cemetery.

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Regards,

Mike.

[gary]

Velvet shank, Flammulina velutipes seen near Totnes today.

[adampembs]

gary wrote:

Velvet shank, Flammulina velutipes seen near Totnes today.

Flammulina sp unless microscopy done.

[gary]

Fair comment

Gary

[Lancashire Lad]

Sarcoscypha austriaca – Scarlet Elfcup – with orange variant.

Slightly later visiting the site this year, (I normally get there by early February), but for the fourteenth consecutive year, the orange variant of Sarcoscypha austriaca has appeared there.

(A small mixed woodland, predominantly Birch, in North West England).

As usual, many hundreds of normal red fruitbodies being seen all over the entire site, with the orange variants still only seen (amongst red ones) in one very small localised area.

The fruitbodies were quite dry and somewhat past their best, but I thought they still made quite a nice photo growing on fallen Birch branches amongst the Snowdrops.

Over the years, microscopy has been carried out, (by myself), on both the red and the orange fruitbodies from this exact location.

Additionally, samples of both red and orange variants were sent to Kew, (several years back now), where Dr Paul Cannon confirmed the orange ones as a variant of S. austriaca.

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[attachment=0]Sarcoscypha austriaca – Scarlet Elf Cup (With Orange Variety).jpg[/attachment]
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Regards,

Mike.

[admin]

Today, in moorland I found this, which I initially thought was Hygrophoropsis auantiaca but on referring to Fungi of Temperate Europe, looks a deadringer for H. pallida.

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[gary]

Possible, but the one on the left looks odd, where are the gills ?

[Flaxton]

The one on the left has been infected by a Hypomyces

[admin]

Thank you for the replies and glad to see you both again! I think my phone camera has overexposed it, there were gills.

[admin]

I think you’re right, Malcolm, this was from another patch not far away.

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