ink caps of some sort

[Bob Rolfe]

found these little ink caps around this dead Prunus today i liked the way they follow the dead roots! got some pics off of them on the iphone too.... when it stopped raining they looked a lot like Coprinellus Micaceus (The glistening ink cap) and were obviously living off the dead wood but these were tiny and didn't really shimmer at all, anybody got any better ideas wot they are

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

They look like C. disseminatus - Faries Bonnets, to me Bob.

 

Not seen anything as wide spreading as that before.

 

 

That really is a carpet.

 

 

 

.

[Bob Rolfe]

Really neat the way the followed the root system Dave wish I could of got a picture from 30ft above !

[janey]

What are the larger fungi immediately around the tree base, out of interest?

[Bob Rolfe]

Just looked em up Dave I think you nailed em

[David Humphries]

Here's some from earlier today on this chestnut.

 

 

 

.

[Bob Rolfe]

What are the larger fungi immediately around the tree base, out of interest?

 

Sorry Janey they were more of the same

[janey]

It must be the way the light is catching them as they look a different colour. Specsavers time?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

as david says, defo C disseminatus, they change from biege to light grey as they mature, love them, pretty little things, always in vast numbers but this ones a corker.

 

David posted a lovely image of these today showing a myxomycetes/slime mold having dominated a central zone to the group.

 

Similar to these hypholoma fasciculares this week on chorleywood common.

 

[Bob Rolfe]

Looks like it's going to be a good year for fungi