Matt's fungi finds

[Matthew Arnold]

Oh your getting it son, no doubt about that, keep on it Matt, good job.

 

now tell me, why Tremella mesenterica and not aurantia? your right but why?

 

Coz Tremella aurantia is Golden Ear. And it looks more like a deformed jelly ear as opposed to mesenterica which looks like witches butter.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Coz Tremella aurantia is Golden Ear. And it looks more like a deformed jelly ear as opposed to mesenterica which looks like witches butter.

they can be very similar in form and there is only two ways to seperate. one using a sope, the other the presence of the food source.

 

they are both parasites of other fungi, mesenterica eats peniophora (crust fungi) (the purple tones in that beech twig) aurantia eats the stereums (usualy hirsutum)

[Matthew Arnold]

Todays offerings

 

1-2 - Armillaria sp?

3-5 - Agrocybe sp?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

think the first has dark spores, dont know matt not without getting the books out.

 

maybe pholiota and hypholoma?

[Fungus]

Matt

1-2 : much to early for Armillaria, with brown spores probably Pholiota mutabilis.

3-5 : Psathyrella species.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Matt

1-2 : much to early for Armillaria, with brown spores probably Pholiota mutabilis.

3-5 : Psathyrella species.

 

I wanted to say mutabilis too! the stipes right for it.

 

didnt have a clue without the books on the second:thumbup:

[Matthew Arnold]

A few offerings from today.

 

1-5 - growing on dead Ivy

6-8 - Growing on dead Elder

9-17 - Growing under large oak and smaller Hornbeams, Elms and Goldgauge

[Fungus]

Matthew,

 

1-5 : Bjerkandera adusta

6-8 : Resupinatus applicatus

9-17 : Calocybe gambosa

[Matthew Arnold]

The Dryad's are fruiting. Sycamore and Elm are hosts. Also some Field Mushrooms.

[Matthew Arnold]

The same Dryads 24 and 48 hours on. Got some nice droplets underneath. The last shots are of another saddle this time on an Elder.