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

[Fungus]

[1]a dessicated gilled fungus found at base of a lions tailed sycamore (help reqd to id),

[2]woodpecker holes in section of ash affected by inonotus hispidus (for your enjoyment),

[3]unidentified fb's at base of veteran beech suffering severe dieback - my limited knowledge looks at size and location and offers ganoderma and daldinia - but i don't think it's either of those (help reqd to id please)

[4]unidentified parasols in leaf litter flesh remained white after breaking (lepiota?)

 

1. As David suggested : Russula nigricans.

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3. Panic fruiting perennial Ganoderma species, probably G. australe (David ).

4. Not a Lepiota (white spores, white gills), but Agaricus silvaticus (brown spores, pink gills).

[Arob]

Not sure how you do it fungus (Gerrit), just tell me where to send the cheque!

Thanks

[Fungus]

1. One of the red brittlegills - Russula sp

2. Birch Bolete - Leccinum scabrum

3. unknown Bolete from Oak woodland

 

David,

1. Russula olivaceoviolascens (= R. atrorubens) or R. fragilis if it has serrate edged gills.

2. Or L. melaneum ?

3. Strange combination of the colours of cap and stipe and the white pores : very young B. edulis or L. quercinum ?

[David Humphries]

David,

1. Russula olivaceoviolascens (= R. atrorubens) or R. fragilis if it has serrate edged gills.

2. Or L. melaneum ?

3. Strange combination of the colours of cap and stipe and the white pores : very young B. edulis or L. quercinum ?

 

 

Thanks Gerrit.

 

2. I have noted that some books talk of melaneum as being a form of scabrum.

But I also note that my image portrays a darker cap than the norm for scabrum.

3. A colleague suggested Gyroporus castaneus without having seen an image.

Pretty sure they are not B. edulis. L. quercinum looks a good possibility.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Peziza vesiculosa - the Blistered Cup

Helvella crispa & H. lacunosa - White & Elfin Saddle

Amanita excelsa - Grey spotted Amanita

 

 

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[Fungus]

A colleague suggested Gyroporus castaneus

 

Even better : G. castaneus it is.

[Fungus]

1. Peziza vesiculosa - the Blistered Cup

2. Helvella crispa & H. lacunosa

 

1. Not a Peziza, but Tarzetta (= Pustularia) catinus s.l. (including T. cupularis).

2. I'm interested in with what tree species, because it is nowadays assumed, that both species are potential or facultative ectomycorrhizal symbionts.

[David Humphries]

1. Not a Peziza, but Tarzetta (= Pustularia) catinus s.l. (including T. cupularis).

2. I'm interested in with what tree species, because it is nowadays assumed, that both species are potential or facultative ectomycorrhizal symbionts.

 

 

1. the stem should of lead me to that conclusion , thanks Gerrit

 

2. The ones in the shots above were under Quercus with the odd Betula around.

Have seen these also at Burnham Beeches on woodbanks mainly near Fagus.

 

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[armybloke]

Went out with my 6 year old daughter last night for a fungi foray and these are her pictures taken on my phone - nice work especially as she is at a lower level and can see things I very often miss

[Fungus]

Xerocomus (= Boletus) badius, of which is known, that it is, just as other facultative saprotrophic ectomycorrhizal symbionts, such as Paxillus involutus, Scleroderma citrinum and Thelephora terrestris, temporarely capable of fruiting form deadwood, although for boletes, other than Buchwaldoboletus (= Pulveroboletus) species, there is still the question of whether they also need to be in contact with living roots (of seedlings) of trees and only decompose dead wood to protect the tree from being depleted of so much energy for producing the FB's, that the young tree would die.

 

Today's documentation of Boletus badius fruiting from a stump and Lactarius vietus fruiting from a spruce cone. By going back to an earlier evolutionary phase of (partially) being saprotrophic, both species seem to be in regression.

The mycelia of both probably still are in contact with ectomycorrhizal tissue surrounding the roots of a young tree, that cannot survive supplying the mycelium with enough energy (yet) to fruit, so the mycelium is "forced" to temporarely decompose dead wood (cellulose) to produce its FB's with.

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