Yet more fungi to identify ( I am hopeless)

[Matthew Arnold]

I spotted these cool lil guys growing even after the frosts weve been having. The first two pictures are of a shroom growing on an Elder. We had a limb cut off as it had split out due to the ivy and there was quite extensive white rot around the centre. The other set of pics are of a dead Oak stump. The tree was felled last winter as it was leaning over towards a hospital car park, it was heavily clad in ivy and in July it had Honey fungus growing in the base. These lil critters came up last week. I thought it was another batch of Honey fungus but it has sprung up all over the stump and on surrounding dead roots. I'm wondering if its Sulphur Tuft gone mad.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Flamulina velutipes and hypholomas

[Matthew Arnold]

Cheers Hama. Is it common to have Flamulina velutipes growing on Elder? Or is it not species specific and will feed on anything?

[David Humphries]

Cheers Hama. Is it common to have Flamulina velutipes growing on Elder? Or is it not species specific and will feed on anything?

 

 

 

Wide range of host species Matt, not just the ones listed on the gallery page.

 

Flammulina

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Elm and chestnut (aesculus) seem to be its prefered hosts, but as david points out, it will be found on a braod range of broadleaf trees.