Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

shant bother again!

[David Humphries]

Russula (possibly parazurea) - the powdery brittle gill

Around Oak & Beech

 

 

& the myxomycetes..............

 

Stemonitis axifera & Lycogala epidendron

 

& Arcyria denudata

 

 

 

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[johnanderton]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spotted these while dead wooding some tree today

[David Humphries]

 

Spotted these while dead wooding some tree today

 

 

John, what led you to describe the Russula as "xerampelina" ?

 

Ask as I wonder which resource you use ?

 

What species of tree were they near ?

 

 

R. xerampelina is (from what I can gather, & I'm no expert) a reddish purple cap.

 

Though there is a R. xerampelina var olivascens that is more grey/green.

 

 

Nice shots btw

 

 

 

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[David Goss]

some fungal finds from today

first 1 was on a sycamore stump and the second 2 were on the ground beside it, the last 2 were on a dead laurel branch lying on the ground. Sorry no idents cos my memory it terrible for latin names plus i have no idea what the spongy looking character is anyway:blushing:

[David Humphries]

I'd imagine the first three are Polyporus squamosus David

 

 

 

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[johnanderton]

Ok David I've been looking in Roger Phillips book , they seemed little more purple than comes across in the photo , only had my I-phone with me ,

I'm trying to swat up on idents there seems to be a lot of colour shades within the same type of fungi .. Do u know the names of the other ones ? Thanks John

[David Goss]

I'd imagine the first three are Polyporus squamosus David

 

 

 

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first one you mean? and yes it is an old one on top of the stump but the spongy dude is different no?

[David Humphries]

first one you mean? and yes it is an old one on top of the stump but the spongy dude is different no?

 

Pics 2 & 3 just look like very wet desicated squamosus to me.

 

 

Don't suppose you have any shots of the underside do you ?

 

 

 

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[David Goss]

Here is a better shot of the one on the dead laurel branch, there wasnt space for it in previous post.