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Update: a lilac/white spore print…So am I actually looking at Pleurotus/Oyster mushroom on living pine root?

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Thanks both of you.

The caps were each about 10cm diameter. A stunning looking fungus!

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Excellent. Thanks both of you.

On a French site I found that its common name is Lactaire à lait jaune d’or, and that it likes acid soil, oak trees and used to be considered useful for curing warts

(and I have no idea what bed bugs smell like either )

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Thanks Chris!

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I think that may well be beyond me Thanks Adam!

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Thanks Mike. Sorry not to have acknowledged your reply sooner 😳

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Excellent. Thanks Chris!

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Thanks Adam… Got it. I think

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Thanks. So same family as Lepista nuda/Blewits? That makes sense to me. The leaf litter sticking to the base and the compost heap habitat is similar. The funnel shape made me think Clitocybe family.

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Thanks Adam.

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Went back for another look. Nothing left to photograph! Of course there are walkers, horse riders and other fungi fans…

Thanks both for your input.

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Thanks Adam. Hope they’ll still be there!

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Deborah wrote:

Hi. Just the one photo of these two young, emerging fungi, but I hope there’s enough for someone to help ID them. There were no older specimens nearby for additional info.

Mixed woodland – beech/oak/pine. Central Brittany yesterday.

4 inches tall. The volval sacs make me think Amanita, but no rings.The grooves on the cap edge of the left-hand specimen make me think Amanita fulva? Not a fungus I’ve come across before. Any help appreciated.

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Ooops posted without pic!

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Thank you. I’d noticed that difference between the two bases but wasn’t aware it was significant. Good to know.

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