Sarcoscypha austriaca – Scarlet Elfcup – with orange variant.
Very pleased to confirm that along with the normal red ones, (which have been seen at this particular site for countless years), the orange variant of Sarcoscypha austriaca has reappeared once again.
As usual, many hundreds of normal ...
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- Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:30 pm
- Forum: General fungi discussion
- Topic: Fungus Of The Day (One identified fungus only please, with species name in attachment comment and in post)
- Replies: 938
- Views: 613331
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:55 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: White variety Sarcoscypha austriaca
- Replies: 1
- Views: 29
Re: White variety Sarcoscypha austriaca
Hi, and welcome to the UK Fungi website.
If all of these were growing on fallen dead wood, and especially if they were all growing in the immediate vicinity of normal red ones, then (other than potentially white Sarcoscypha coccinea in the UK), there aren’t many possible alternatives. – Microscopy ...
If all of these were growing on fallen dead wood, and especially if they were all growing in the immediate vicinity of normal red ones, then (other than potentially white Sarcoscypha coccinea in the UK), there aren’t many possible alternatives. – Microscopy ...
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:47 am
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Bracket fungi ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34
Re: Bracket fungi ID
Hi,
Your first photo is showing the pore surface of the fruitbodies.
It is very important when attempting to obtain species identification that as much information as possible is provided - including sharp close-up photos of all aspects of the fungus in question.
In this case, it would appear that ...
Your first photo is showing the pore surface of the fruitbodies.
It is very important when attempting to obtain species identification that as much information as possible is provided - including sharp close-up photos of all aspects of the fungus in question.
In this case, it would appear that ...
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:35 am
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Wet rot - Coniophora puteana?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 22
Re: Wet rot - Coniophora puteana?
Hi,
There are several corticoid fungi that have this sort of look & colouration at some stage in their growth.
I think it would be impossible to give any sort of confident identification suggestion without having all relevant microscopical characteristics.
Regards,
Mike.
There are several corticoid fungi that have this sort of look & colouration at some stage in their growth.
I think it would be impossible to give any sort of confident identification suggestion without having all relevant microscopical characteristics.
Regards,
Mike.
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:32 am
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Hyphae, but of what?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 38
Re: Hyphae, but of what?
Hi,
There are innumerable fungi with white mycelia/hyphae, and this would need a lot more information macro/micro characteristics to get to any sort of identification suggestion.
Regards,
Mike
There are innumerable fungi with white mycelia/hyphae, and this would need a lot more information macro/micro characteristics to get to any sort of identification suggestion.
Regards,
Mike
- Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:30 pm
- Forum: Ascomycetes
- Topic: Lachnellula occidentalis?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 47
Re: Lachnellula occidentalis?
Hi,
More close-up shots of the actual fruitbodies would be helpful. but what can be seen does seem to be what would be expected, with nothing that would cast any doubts
In my experience, other Lachnellula species that have been recorded on Larix in the UK don't have sufficiently similar ...
More close-up shots of the actual fruitbodies would be helpful. but what can be seen does seem to be what would be expected, with nothing that would cast any doubts
In my experience, other Lachnellula species that have been recorded on Larix in the UK don't have sufficiently similar ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Arrhenia retiruga?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 71
Re: Arrhenia retiruga?
Hi Bob,
You may well be correct with Arrhenia retiruga .
Macroscopically it seems to have all the right looks, and it does seem to be growing on the moss.
I don't think that there are many other species that it could be confused with (maybe A. spathulata - but I understand that one is typically a ...
You may well be correct with Arrhenia retiruga .
Macroscopically it seems to have all the right looks, and it does seem to be growing on the moss.
I don't think that there are many other species that it could be confused with (maybe A. spathulata - but I understand that one is typically a ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Weird fungus on one birch trunk only, in Teign Gorge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 68
Re: Weird fungus on one birch trunk only, in Teign Gorge
Hi,
Possibly the article you read was more specific to cultivated trees/shrubs etc. that are attacked ] by Chondrostereum purpureum . (Apple trees seem to be particularly prone to infection).
However, it is also a well known pathogen of many other species of deciduous trees. (and very occasionally ...
Possibly the article you read was more specific to cultivated trees/shrubs etc. that are attacked ] by Chondrostereum purpureum . (Apple trees seem to be particularly prone to infection).
However, it is also a well known pathogen of many other species of deciduous trees. (and very occasionally ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Rust on fern
- Replies: 1
- Views: 46
Re: Rust on fern
Hi Adam,
As far as I'm aware, there are only two rusts which affect Dryopteris ferns: - Milesina kriegeriana , and Milesina carpatorum .
Milesina kriegeriana attacks several Dryopteris species, but Milesina carpatorum only attacks Dryopteris felix-mas
From your photos, I can't be certain that ...
As far as I'm aware, there are only two rusts which affect Dryopteris ferns: - Milesina kriegeriana , and Milesina carpatorum .
Milesina kriegeriana attacks several Dryopteris species, but Milesina carpatorum only attacks Dryopteris felix-mas
From your photos, I can't be certain that ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Weird fungus on one birch trunk only, in Teign Gorge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 68
Re: Weird fungus on one birch trunk only, in Teign Gorge
Hi, and welcome to the UK Fungi website.
Have you considered Chondrostereum purpureum - Sliverleaf Fungus?
Freshly emerged examples are often seen with brown colouration, and the "hairy" surfaces seen here are also typical.
(To me, your second image does seem to have purple hues).
Regards,
Mike.
Have you considered Chondrostereum purpureum - Sliverleaf Fungus?
Freshly emerged examples are often seen with brown colouration, and the "hairy" surfaces seen here are also typical.
(To me, your second image does seem to have purple hues).
Regards,
Mike.
- Sun Dec 22, 2024 4:57 pm
- Forum: Rusts, Smuts, and Mildews
- Topic: Nigel Stringer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 392
Re: Nigel Stringer
Sad news indeed. – Very sudden I understand.
Nigel was the fount of all knowledge with regards to Rusts, Smuts, Moulds, and Powdery Mildews, his contributions to mycological knowledge are vast.
I never met Nigel, but have come across his work time and time again when trying to identify species ...
Nigel was the fount of all knowledge with regards to Rusts, Smuts, Moulds, and Powdery Mildews, his contributions to mycological knowledge are vast.
I never met Nigel, but have come across his work time and time again when trying to identify species ...
- Mon Dec 16, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: Fungi ID requests (post here if you aren't sure what type of fungus you've found)
- Topic: Strange fungus growing in our tea room
- Replies: 4
- Views: 182
Re: Strange fungus growing in our tea room
Hi,
I think that unless you were to violently shake the fruitbodies around under your nose whilst slowly inhaling, the numbers of spores you are likely to be breathing in (in that room, from those fruitbodies) will be very unlikely to affect you in any way. - You won't be subjected to any more ...
I think that unless you were to violently shake the fruitbodies around under your nose whilst slowly inhaling, the numbers of spores you are likely to be breathing in (in that room, from those fruitbodies) will be very unlikely to affect you in any way. - You won't be subjected to any more ...