Know your fungi - Nomenclature etc

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i thought I would start this "little thread" to not only help others with fungi idents out in the field but to aid in my own CPD as i will undoubtedly learn a lot more from having to re affirm and get to grips with it more indepth.

 

Starting of slow for now as just thought of this thread and will add images and diagrams as it goes on

 

So here goes, i hope it proves helpfull:thumbup1:

 

Pileus is the cap of a fungi, and the viel is the skin like sac or covering that the fruit body often forms within, this often breaks up into scales and remain on the pileus or cap and are known as Velum remnants. The scales on these aminita muscarias are velum scales, on these muscarias they can be washed off by rain, causing difficulty in identifications in some species, Pholiotas for example like squarosa and aurivella.

 

 

This image helps a lot as it also shows the stem/Stipe and the annulus which is the ring around the stem made up of Veil remnants as the cap expanded. It also shows the stipe basal shape which is known as "bulbous" all key features in identifying the "fly agaric"

[Gnarlyoak]

Lovely shot there Hama, showing the different growth stages. Love the idea of the thread as well, bring it on. I am now emptying my mind and waiting for it to be expanded with your wise knowledge....

[Harrison2604]

and if you eat this you start seeing things!

[Bundle 2]

Anthocyanins.

 

Anthocyanin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Lovely shot there Hama, showing the different growth stages. Love the idea of the thread as well, bring it on. I am now emptying my mind and waiting for it to be expanded with your wise knowledge....

 

Crikey, wouldnt hold your breath fella!

 

That shot above, it is one of those ive waited years and years to get, to find these on the foray was just awsome, i still cant believe the luck we had out there in the woods.

 

Will try to broaden your mind but its as much about learning for me as it is anyone reading! I am far from wise on the subject, but always trying to get there!

 

Though in some ways, i never will get there thats a big draw in mycology for me.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I am working on developing a fungi record sheet for you all as well as for myself as a handout on the forays, i came across this on my way and thought i would share it.

 

print it off and store it in the works folder:thumbup1:

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Mushroom_cap_morphology2.png

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

MykoWeb: Evolution & Morphology in the Homobasidiomycetes

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This is a brilliant addition to my files, and i just know the likes of Tim and Tony, who love a good word are going to enjoy this one!

 

the dictionary of fungal names and terms, brilliant.

 

http://bookshop.cabi.org/Uploads/Books/PDF/9780851998268/9780851998268.pdf

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

http://sharon-taxonomy2009-p3.wikispaces.com/Fungi

[David Humphries]

Worth noting that as of the 18th International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in 2011

 

The concepts of ananomorph (asexual reproductive stage) & telemorph (sexual reproductive stage) will now been eliminated from the international code of nomenclature. In part to ensure that one fungi is given one name.

 

 

Thats nice

 

 

Comes into effect from Jan 2013

 

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