Help please - Cannot it find in my fungi guide

[Andrew Reed]

Just a casual enquiry. This one has been bugging me because i cannot find it in my references, so was wondering if anyone here might instantly recognise it. I think Agaricus or Amanita family, but not sure. It was on/in the base of a very old oak in a pasture hedge row.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The only person on this forum with any clue as to this one is Gerrit, wicked find, I have no idea.

[Andrew Reed]

One more of the same, but not so useful.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

im guessing a myco, shall have a look but dont hold your breath!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

is it coming out of dysfunctional wood on the lower portion of a root?

 

in otherwords, its looking like a deadwood consumer (saprophytic)

[Andrew Reed]

yes, probably dysfuntional root. I seem to recall it was the remains of a much reduced in size oak in a knot of root forming a hedgerow/bank. But there was leaf on what seemed to be growing there, so not dead yet.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

yes, probably dysfuntional root. I seem to recall it was the remains of a much reduced in size oak in a knot of root forming a hedgerow/bank. But there was leaf on what seemed to be growing there, so not dead yet.

 

Post this in Gerrits Q&A thread, just link this thread to it, im out of ideas! and ive had a good look too! will be cool to find out at least genus.

[Fungus]

Just a casual enquiry. This one has been bugging me because i cannot find it in my references, so was wondering if anyone here might instantly recognise it. It was on/in the base of a very old oak in a pasture hedge row.

 

Andrew,

Agrocybe cylindracea (= A. aegerita), a species that mostly grows on trunks and stumps of (pollarded) poplar or willow.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Andrew,

Agrocybe cylindracea (= A. aegerita), a species that mostly grows on trunks and stumps of (pollarded) poplar or willow.

 

 

you the man gerrit!

[Andrew Reed]

Andrew,

Agrocybe cylindracea (= A. aegerita), a species that mostly grows on trunks and stumps of (pollarded) poplar or willow.

 

Thank you Gerrit. Now found this name in the index of my Roger Phillips reference book, It was on page 247 (for anyone else who has the same id guide). The only Agrocybe that grows on wood.

 

It is edible as well! Not that I would risk eating that one with my limited experience. Probably best left to spread its spores anyway.