A few ID`s i could do with some help on thanks ! pic heavy

[dwardo]

Hey all

Out in the woods last weekend and i could do with a little help with the ID of a few bits and bobs. Thanks all...

Sorry about the pics all but the only camera i have is a mobile phone jobby.

First one

First mushroom found growing on a big old ash.

Second mushroom, was a strange stomach looking fungi that smelt very mushroomy and had a white core when cut with a black almost coal dust covered outside.

3rd mushroom was growing on the woodland floor after clearing a load of brambles to try to get the hazel coppice growing. Chantrell or russlula? found lots of other russulas about. When sliced there was a milky substance oozing out straight away.

 

[Barn Owl]

1st Mushroom..Dryads Saddle?,I'm not certain though.

 

[dwardo]

1st Mushroom..Dryads Saddle?,I'm not certain though.

Had a good search for Dryads saddle and the shape/location/time of year do point to it but the upper part of the mushroom didnt seem to look the same. Best bet so far though cheers !

 

[IntrepidStu]

Had a good search for Dryads saddle and the shape/location/time of year do point to it but the upper part of the mushroom didnt seem to look the same. Best bet so far though cheers !

The charachteristic pattern of the dryads saddle tends to warp and vanish the older the specimine gets.

Stu

 

[dwardo]

The charachteristic pattern of the dryads saddle tends to warp and vanish the older the specimine gets.

Stu

Cheers,

I think mushroom 2 could be dead mans fingers after a search about....

 

[chickenofthewoods]

1st two pics are the berries & leaves of St John's Wort (Hypericum). Not edible, used medicinally.

2nd Ones on the Ash tree are of Dryad's saddle (Polyporous squamosus). Edible only when very young.

3rd Set is Dead Mans Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha). Inedible.

4th Set is more problematic because the pictures aren't sharp, but there is a distinct ridge where the gills meet the stem which means it's def. not a Chanterelle. Your description of abundant milky sap makes me suggest Saffron Milk Cap (Lactarius deliciousus). Edible and good.

 

[dwardo]

1st two pics are the berries & leaves of St John's Wort (Hypericum). Not edible, used medicinally.

2nd Ones on the Ash tree are of Dryad's saddle (Polyporous squamosus). Edible only when very young.

3rd Set is Dead Mans Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha). Inedible.

4th Set is more problematic because the pictures aren't sharp, but there is a distinct ridge where the gills meet the stem which means it's def. not a Chanterelle. Your description of abundant milky sap makes me suggest Saffron Milk Cap (Lactarius deliciousus). Edible and good.

Cheers for that and ill do a little research on the Saffron Milk Cap.

 

[JonnyP]

1st two pics are the berries & leaves of St John's Wort (Hypericum). Not edible, used medicinally.

2nd Ones on the Ash tree are of Dryad's saddle (Polyporous squamosus). Edible only when very young.

3rd Set is Dead Mans Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha). Inedible.

4th Set is more problematic because the pictures aren't sharp, but there is a distinct ridge where the gills meet the stem which means it's def. not a Chanterelle. Your description of abundant milky sap makes me suggest Saffron Milk Cap (Lactarius deliciousus). Edible and good.

First one looks like tutsan to me Carol... Same family though..

 

[bartjeuh200]

I'd go with Tutsan too for the first one. Pretty sure it isn't St John's Wort

 

[chickenofthewoods]

'Tutsan' is just another name for Hypericum - aka St John's Wort. There are various kinds of Hypericums, it's a large family.

 

[bartjeuh200]

True, it is a big family, but one Hypericum isn't the other
just like plantago major, or greater plantain, is not the same as plantago lanceolata, or english plantain.

 

[chickenofthewoods]

I don't think I said it was, just that the name 'Tutsan' is applied liberally to the family by some (my Granny included).

http://www.natureportfolio.co.uk/plants/hypericum.php

 

[xylaria]

Tutsan contains hypericin just as other members of the st. johnswort family do. I am not sure why only perforate st. johns wort is one that is marketed. There is known history of all the family been used to treat melancoly and wounds.

Lactarius deliciousus has orange milk. I ID milk caps by tasting a drop of milk on the tip of my tongue, and i bet that one is really hot and peppery.