UK Fungi

I agree with Adam but isn't it still Panaeolina foenisecii?

That's a lovely display and nicely photographed.

Regards, Chris

Hi Bojan, welcome to the group.

No, I didn't. I followed Paul Cannon's advise, above.

Regards, chris

gary wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:39 pm ... (possibly because I've already turned grey).

It's an exclusive club.

Nesolechia oxyspora.
A lichenicolous fungus growing on Parmelia sulcata on Sorbus aucuparia.
Christine has added some extra images on the Lichen page.

Boertmann (The genus Hygrocybe - page 164, 2nd edition) notes: -
" H.autoconica may sometimes turn slowly grey, but not to a degree comparable to the blackening of H.conica ".

Looking at your images, I'd be thinking that this is more greyish than black, and certainly nowhere near as black as ...

Hi Andrew

A well-reasoned post. Hygrocybe conica does occasionally expand to parallel but always (in my experience) with a noticeable umbo. I would also expect a fruitbody of this age to be rather blacker. The spore length is quite variable and I've found specimens with your measured lengths ...

Hello Margaret

I've nothing to add to the earlier responses but just wanted to welcome you to the forum and look forward to more posts.

Regards, Chris

Hi Linda, welcome to the group.

I also have the Olympus TG4 which I bought initially for its underwater function, especially for photographing seaweeds in rock-pools. It's also useful for taking on long treks. Otherwise, I take my Nikon and tripod.

Regards, Chris

Many thanks for the link, Fay, an excellent reference and key.

Regards, Chris

Can't help Adam, no trees to speak of here. It does have the look of a Cortinarius though.

Regards, Chris

Alan, it's good to see someone looking at Galerina . We can rule out G. pumila as the spores are too small. When measuring spores it's important to measure width as well to get a quotient value.

I've tried keying this with David Savage's Synoptic Key but it is too lacking in information. You need ...