[Philbo]

Richard Shotbolt kindly offered to do examine these.

I’ve have attached his pictures. His comment accompanying the first was

‘Basidia and a possible spore’

and the second

‘I’ve examined this now but there are very few pictures available to compare the microscopic details. There are certainly oli-filled gloiocystidia and densely-interwoven hyphae. I could not find anything that looked definitely like a spore; the basidia were all barren although the four sterigmata were easily visible. Hoping some expert can tell us whether this looks OK.’

Is anyone able to confirm this idenfication?

Phil

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[Philbo]

I found a younger specimen – this one showing the ring

Does this help to narrow it down?

Cheers

Phil

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[Philbo]

Many thanks for your help Roy – the smell was ‘mushroomy’

I’ll try to get a better look at and a better photo of the ring

[Philbo]

Hi Chris,

In answer to your question

“why is this on the General fungi discussion thread and not the Fungi ID requests one?”

It wasn’t originally a request for identification. In my original post I mentioned I had found Arrhenia sphagnicola (although admittedly I have become less confident of this)

and

“NBN suggest’s it’s pretty rare here. I’m a bit of fungus novice so I’m not really sure about recording – is this the kind of thing I should inform the county recorder of?”

Surely that’s General Discussion?

..if not then apologies

Cheers,

Phil

[Philbo]

Many thanks for you help Chris,

Which are the possible confusion species?

This is probably be the naivety of a novice (although I understand how examination of macroscopic characters alone is often insufficient)…

…. however I haven’t seen anything that this could be confused with

The other two members of the genus Clavicorona mairei, Clavicorona pyxidata (or are there others??) look rather different as do the members of the superficially similar genera you’ve mentioned.

By the way there were quite a number (maybe 30) of examples I found which looked (almost) identical the one in the photo

Cheers,

Phil

p.s I have now found someone who will do the microscopy

[Philbo]

This looks a lot like Clavicorona taxophila which is rare, can anyone confirm.

Height 17mm, growing amongst debris on floor of mixed woodland, south lancs

Thanks,

Phil

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[Philbo]

ah yes thanks very much

[Philbo]

Thanks for the info Christine

This is going to sound slightly pathetic, but I’ve been unable to find out the details of the relevant recorder

– I’m in South Lancs (vc59)- is anyone able to help

Cheers,

Phil

[Philbo]

yes, I think light ochre might describe the color – however I’m finding I’m making ID mistakes, because the book description of spore colours, doesn’t match the way I’d describe it – notably ‘pink’ in the case of entoloma and pluteus.

– the fault is clearly mine though – not the book!

[Philbo]

ah yes, thank you – although should f.tubaria have spores that colour?

[Philbo]

Hi Chris,

I had initially rejected A. Sphagnicola, myself, as mine didnt seem to show the scales.

However I’ve seen several photos of A. Sphagnicola, where scales aren’t evident

The photos arent brilliant but I’ve attached them

Cheers,

Phil

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[Philbo]

Bleeding Oak Crust – Stereum gausapatum – I think

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[Philbo]

Many thanks for the info,

It doesnt appear to be on either database for Lancs

Cheers,

Phil

[Philbo]

Many thanks Chris,

Entoloma conferendum seems to pretty much fit the bill

I’ve made mistake before with Pluteus – rejecting a whole genus, which turned out to be the right one, because the spore print wasn’t, to my eyes, pink.

I think I must be colour blind – or maybe just pink-blind

Cheers,

Phil

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