Fun with fungi- guess the close up

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I've had a longer rummage and a sift through the answers from others. I'm sticking with Armillaria rhizomorphs. Ascocoryne cylichnium

looks on the money to me but you mention sarcoides, so I'm dropping A. cylichnium in favour of Sarcoides. Suggestions of Fistulina and Scutellinia seem false to me so that leaves me with the grey/black plates but you haven't commented on my latest efforts so I'm going for Exidia Plana, Diatrypella quercina or Oak Curtain Crust..

 

So my answers are highligted:sneaky2:

 

Over to you Hama

 

nope!

[Tinker]

nope!

 

 

 

Well i might be clueless here but I've found some lovely stuff on the net in the process of trying. Check these out...Auckland Fungus Group - Introduction Ok they're not from our neck of the woods but you have to admit they are wonderful.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well i might be clueless here but I've found some lovely stuff on the net in the process of trying. Check these out...Auckland Fungus Group - Introduction Ok they're not from our neck of the woods but you have to admit they are wonderful.

 

 

Thats kinda the point:thumbup:

[Tinker]

Mollisia sp????

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Mollisia sp????

 

Very well done, now all we need is for somone to put the two others together so all three correct in one post and we have a result:thumbup:

[sloth]

Well done indeed don't even have that in the one book I'm using at the mo (rogers), that will teach me to be more thorough!

So, Mollisia cinerea, (as Gerrit said previously 'Or one of the macroscopical look-a-likes of M. cinerea, which can not be distinguished from one another without using a microscope and specialised literature.')

A. sarcoides

A. mellea rhizomorphs

Hopefully close?!

Out of interest, how did you find it on the net? I've never had luck identifying fungi that way....

[Tinker]

Well done indeed don't even have that in the one book I'm using at the mo (rogers), that will teach me to be more thorough!

So, Mollisia cinerea, (as Gerrit said previously 'Or one of the macroscopical look-a-likes of M. cinerea, which can not be distinguished from one another without using a microscope and specialised literature.')

A. sarcoides

A. mellea rhizomorphs

Hopefully close?!

Out of interest, how did you find it on the net? I've never had luck identifying fungi that way....

 

 

Well done to you Sloth for beating me to the punch:glare:

 

For the record my selection is... A. mellea rhizomorphs, A. sarcoides and Mollisia cinerea.

 

The latter came from Fungi Pictures - Wildlife Photography

 

I just kept looking until i found it, I wasn't 100% sure as the original photo isn't that clear. I saved the image, opened it in paint and then used a magnifying glass to look for clues. Even then as a novice I didn't really know what I was looking for.

 

It's nice to have a bit of competition and we all learn something and as Hama said...'That's kinda the point'.

 

Next!

[sloth]

Indeed next......

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well done to you Sloth for beating me to the punch:glare:

 

For the record my selection is... A. mellea rhizomorphs, A. sarcoides and Mollisia cinerea.

 

The latter came from Fungi Pictures - Wildlife Photography

 

I just kept looking until i found it, I wasn't 100% sure as the original photo isn't that clear. I saved the image, opened it in paint and then used a magnifying glass to look for clues. Even then as a novice I didn't really know what I was looking for.

 

It's nice to have a bit of competition and we all learn something and as Hama said...'That's kinda the point'.

 

Next!

 

as the first person to pay atention and do the leg work AND more importantly put all the names together in one line youll take a copy of the guide.

 

I will be buying the books thus far won on wednesday 4th, will be in touch for details soon. my in box is in need of some deletion so if you do buzz me them do it via my signature line:thumbup1:

 

And i will have a root about for a new close up

[Tinker]

as the first person to pay atention and do the leg work AND more importantly put all the names together in one line youll take a copy of the guide.

 

I will be buying the books thus far won on wednesday 4th, will be in touch for details soon. my in box is in need of some deletion so if you do buzz me them do it via my signature line:thumbup1:

 

And i will have a root about for a new close up

 

 

Thanks very much Hama:thumbup:, I have to say I enjoyed the chase and learning very much. I have a few pics of fungi taken at various times which I will post, unfortunatley my point and shoot digi camera is too battle worn to be of much use and my camera phone has died by drowning in rain in my jacket pocket:laugh1:. so I'm unlikely to be posting anything current for a while.

 

The best news is, your generosity is going to help others with the subject, as I volunteer at a woodland centre in Sheffield and i can use the guide to help other volunteers identify fungi and learn from the guide.

 

Can't wait for the next closeup.

Edited December 30, 2011 by Tinker
Adding volunteer para.