Mushrooms round me seem to have taken over this week!

[Kat1e]

Just been looking it up and keep finding things to this effect-

 

''M. rhacodes lacks the brown bands found on the stem of M. procera.''

 

Some of mine had distinct bands, am I finding incorrect info? The various names for them aren't helping!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

lol, i know the feeling!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

They havent mature yet katie, go back to them.

[Kat1e]

Ok, will do, those ones are trackside (hence all the kicked over ones on group shot) so fingers crossed they stay there to mature! Had previously seen ones at that stage that had the banding, so wasn't thinking those ones could develop them!

[Fungus]

Just been looking it up and keep finding things to this effect- ''M. rhacodes lacks the brown bands found on the stem of M. procera.'' Some of mine had distinct bands, am I finding incorrect info? The various names for them aren't helping!

 

After having a second look, I think you're both and : 1 and 2 is M. procera and all the others are M. rachodes. Even more now ?

[Kat1e]

Ha ha thanks, that's just confused me even more! Do you mind telling me how you reached that conclusion?

[Fungus]

Ha ha thanks, that's just confused me even more! Do you mind telling me how you reached that conclusion?

 

Kat1e,

Sure, by looking at the banded pattern around the stem in the second photo, assuming the first photo was of the same Parasol and only finding smooth surfaced stipes on the other Macrolepiota's.

And a hint for future identification, the flesh of M. rachodes stains saffran-yellow to reddish-orange on bruising.

[Kat1e]

Fungus, the first and second were two that I found within a metre of each other, taken at the same time on the same day. The last one (the underside) was found by itself. The other shots were of a group of ten or so clustered together, I've seen them over the last week but none have opened fully yet, they are getting knocked over before they do.

Ah ok will test the bruising colour, does M. procera stay the same colour?

Thank you!

[Fungus]

... does M. procera stay the same colour ?

 

It does .