[DaveMcC]

roy betts wrote:

The white one with the gills:

O. mucida has a ring and grows on Beech wood.

Was this attached to wood or growing on soil/litter? To me it looks like an Hygrophorus sp. (Wood Wax) – which doesn’t grow attached to wood.

There are several white species of Hygrophorus that have viscid caps like Oudemansiella.

It was growing out of the soil at the edge of a woodland, not from a hidden bit of wood, so could be wood wax as from the images I have seen, it looks more like it.

Chris Yeates wrote:

The last two show a species of Peziza, perhaps most likely one of the so-called “complex” around P. varia. This is however a very tricky area, even with the use of a microscope – which is essential for these fungi. There is a paper here which may give some idea of the complexity:

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3153301/Pfister_PhylogeneticDiversityCore.pdf?sequence=1” class=”bbcode_url”>https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3153301/Pfister_PhylogeneticDiversityCore.pdf?sequence=1

regards

Chris

Thanks for the link. Seems I have a lot to learn when it comes to identifying fungi.

[DaveMcC]

Thanks for the help, yes your right its fungus not fungi for single ones. I’ll remember in future. I have some more I need help to ID:

Trametes versicolor? Found these all over a fallen beech tree:

[attachment=4]Bracket Fungi on Beech.jpg[/attachment]

Oudemansiella mucida?

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This was growing on the same fallen beech tree as the first image of the bracket fungi.

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[DaveMcC]

Ganoderma resinaceum wrote:

The first one is certainly a Ganoderma (either G. applanatum or G. australe). As for the second, from the photos given it also appears to be a Ganoderma. If it’s a living host (the beech tree), then it is very likely to be Ganoderma australe.

Thanks, yes the second one was on a living beech tree.

[DaveMcC]

adampembs wrote:

Yeah, it’s a tough one. The gills look like they have a black deposit but there also a white deposit on the stem. This might be spores, hairs or might be mould.

I put the darker gills down to it being past its best, but Roy is usually right

The white deposit might actually be some ice. I made a slight mistake and put it in the freezer overnight before photographing it and didn’t let it thaw properly first.

adampembs wrote:

“The ‘Leptonia’ or ‘Gymnopus’ is really an over-ripe Bolbitius titubans …

they go like this within the same day and used to catch me out for years

before I saw a fresh bright yellow sample side by side next to an old

specimen.” – Neil

(received by email)

Thanks for the ID. Here is the best image of the gills with spores I have. Next time I want to ID a fungi, I’ll take a spore print as well.

[DaveMcC]

Lancashire Lad wrote:

Hi dave,

I’d say Armillaria – Honey Fungus (probably A.mellea). – There’s a lot around, certainly in my area, at the moment.

Looks typically like this when growing on buried wood.

Regards,

Mike.

Thanks it does look like a match for it.

[DaveMcC]

adampembs wrote:

DaveMcC wrote:

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For the future, you can tell a Lactarius from the milk that exudes form the gills when cut. The name Lactarius has the same root as Lactose, Lactate Lactic acid etc.

I thought that when I found these. I did scrape the gills of one with a stick and didn’t notice any milk extruding from it.

So why did you title it as possible Lactarius species?

Based on how the fungi looked, that is what I thought it was. I’ll know next time.

[DaveMcC]

Thanks Leif.

[DaveMcC]

Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus comatus) I found several growing under some trees beside my house. These are all the same fungi. OK, cheating slightly The second two images I took yesterday, the day after I took the first image.

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[DaveMcC]

Quote:

For the future, you can tell a Lactarius from the milk that exudes form the gills when cut. The name Lactarius has the same root as Lactose, Lactate Lactic acid etc.

I thought that when I found these. I did scrape the gills of one with a stick and didn’t notice any milk extruding from it.

Leif wrote:

It’s not Clytocybe geotropa, but it is certainly Clitocybe geotropa. I think I’d better get back to work …

Thanks, looks good for that species.

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