Keizer's Fungi Q & A.

[Fungus]

and beech ...

 

... and on Aesculus, Castanea, Celtis, Eucalyptus, Gymnocladus, Juglans, Olea, Malus, Populus, Prunus, Salix and Ulmus, but none of the above mentioned tree species, including Fagus, was the host of P. fraxinea in The Netherlands and Belgium this far.

[Xerxses]

Hi!

Can you or anyone else make a positive ident on this blurry fella and end a argument on another forum...

[Fungus]

Can you or anyone else make a positive ident on this blurry fella and end a argument on another forum...

 

On Salix : Pholiota species, probably P. alnicola, but 100 % sure : microscope.

[Xerxses]

On Salix : Pholiota species, probably P. alnicola, but 100 % sure : microscope.

 

Thanks Gerrit! I would have thought Pholiota aurvillea...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks Gerrit! I would have thought Pholiota aurvillea...

 

would you now?

 

heres some aurivellas to compare, lovely fungi this one, always a pleasure to meet this one

 

[Fungus]

would you now? heres some aurivellas to compare, lovely fungi this one, always a pleasure to meet this one

 

Yes it is, that is to say, provided this is P. aurivella and not P. heteroclita, the only Pholiota fruiting from wounds on trunks of living Betula.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Yes it is, that is to say, provided this is P. aurivella and not P. heteroclita, the only Pholiota fruiting from wounds on trunks of living Betula.

 

and earlier you said that rigidiporus wasnt a horse chestnut coloniser!

 

But this might explain the rather different stipe character, tell me more!

[Fungus]

1. and earlier you said that rigidiporus wasnt a horse chestnut coloniser!

2. But this might explain the rather different stipe character, tell me more!

 

1. No, according to Ryvarden & Gilbertson and my own research, not on the European continent, it isn't !

2. I didn't say it was impossible that P. aurivella fruits from birch, I said that this could well be P. heteroclita, which not only differs macroscopically (different stipe, not a "sticky" cap with less, but bigger and flatter scales), but especially microscopically from P. aurivella.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

1. No, according to Ryvarden & Gilbertson and my own research, not on the European continent, it isn't !

2. I didn't say it was impossible that P. aurivella fruits from birch, I said that this could well be P. heteroclita, which not only differs macroscopically (different stipe, not a "sticky" cap with less, but bigger and flatter scales), but especially microscopically from P. aurivella.

 

I would notice a difference of any consequence with aurivellas, i am very very familiar with them and am very confidant of this birch sample as it is in an area of High inoculation potential, Ashridge is the true home of the aurivella.

[Fungus]

I would notice a difference of any consequence with aurivellas, i am very very familiar with them and am very confidant of this birch sample as it is in an area of High inoculation potential, Ashridge is the true home of the aurivella.

 

Remember David (and you ?) couldn't tell the difference between P. squarrosoides (photo 1) and P. squarrosa, and between P. limonella (photo 2) and P. aurivella, because he (and you both ?) had never seen either of the species depicted in my photo's ?

And what Pholiota species is in the next two photo's ?

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