Fungi!! Anyone want to hazard a guess?

[Richie O]

Although i would prefer a positive id

It is growing out of a stump i use for chopping wood against (species unknown). If that's any help!

 

[rich59]

I am going to put myself on the line and say it is... No idea.

 

[xylaria]

Does it smell of anise?

does it discolour when bruised?

could you put one on piece of dark paper overnight and tell us if what colour the spores are?

I going around a family called lentinus, but the surface of the cap looks wrong. I really haven't much of an idea though.

 

[Matt Weir]

Superb picture Richie

 

[Staghound]

What size is it? cap diameter,

Is it growing now?

 

[Richie O]

Sorry i haven't updated recently i've just been tooooo busy

The cap size is 2" and they are growing right now!

They just smell mushroomy and they don't really discolour when bruised. I haven't had the time yet to do the spore colour test.

Also i think that i may have a couple of St George's growing in my front garden now. I will try to take a photo and post that later today

 

[Richie O]

These were the ones in the front garden

I think that it's St. Georges but haven't confirmed that yet

 

[xylaria]

St goerges has really quite distinctive strong smell for mushroom, to me it is very pleasant. The gills are very tightly packed. The colour and texture of the cap reminds me of a bread roll, your bread roll looks a bit stale. If you cut your mushroom in half the flesh should be alot deeper than the gills. Get a proper ID, it looks past eating anyway.

I am still racking my brain on the first one .

 

[Richie O]

Yep, they were well beyond eating, they had a bit of a maggot infestation. They were only pointed out to me the other day by my daughter and the only reason i didn't leave them there was because i wanted to cut the shin high grass.

 

[xylaria]

Yep, they were well beyond eating, they had a bit of a maggot infestation. They were only pointed out to me the other day by my daughter and the only reason i didn't leave them there was because i wanted to cut the shin high grass.

Don't worry about picking them they should turn up next year in the same spot, depending on weather. The one in the piccy have droped their spore any way as they are starting to yellow on the gills. Blimey thats early for fungi fly. Blooming mild winters.