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

[OakStag]

thank you very very much :-) great help as always will get soore brackets in future and it was directly underneath a large douglas fir. nearly missed it if some deer didnt run past next to it.

 

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[David Humphries]

Got a little confused with this one when I first glanced it at the base of a horse chestnut on a drive by. Thought it was Collybia fusipes (bit late we thougt) so went back and had a closer look. Typical spindle shanked stem was absent and a few other things didn't look quite right. Had an inkling that it was a Psathyrella species, but I don't have a lot of experience on that set of species.

Did the spore print overnight which didn't help pin it down so asked a friend and they gave me Psthyrella spadicea (the chestnut brittle stem) New one on me and a reminder to not paint everything with the same Id brush if you're not sure.

Unlike Collybia fusipes this one appears to be wholly saprophytic. Added it as a new gallery to the fungi directory.

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Nice find, there! The cap surface is certainly Psathyrella-esque, and from memory the gills brown (rust brown)/redden with maturity due to the spore colour?

[David Humphries]

Nice find, there! The cap surface is certainly Psathyrella-esque, and from memory the gills brown (rust brown)/redden with maturity due to the spore colour?

 

A man wearing a distinctive set of overalls tells me that this is the only Psathyrella species with a light brown spore unlike all its dark brown spored cousins.

 

 

 

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Edited January 11, 2017 by David Humphries

[David Humphries]

Unusually mild weather resulting in a prolonged fruiting, these large Oysters at the base of this ash are currently sporulating.

 

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[Kveldssanger]

So the spore is also chestnut in colour...hah!

 

Pleurotus really is going on well. Seen plenty about, including a cheeky one on a pagoda tree at the weekend.

[Tommy Hutchinson]

Well, I turned up 454 pages too late it seems. But I can go back, slowly. :-)

[Mark J]

Ganoderma pfeifferi? On Sorbus.

[David Humphries]

Looks a pretty decent shout Mark, certainly 'visually'

 

Just wondering if you noted if the top surface scratched easily, leaving a yellow residue?

 

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[Treeation]

 

 

Red banded polypore found this winter in Slovenia....second pic is a dead fruiting body