Fungi Trivia ?

[timtom1]

Can somebody help me identify these two fungi, both are growing in my back garden, the flat one (image 2) I believe to be tinder fungus (horse hoof) as it is growing on a cut down silver birch am I correct?

And the other fungi (image 1) I have no idea?

http://members.lycos.co.uk/timtom1111/fungi.htm

 

[C_Claycomb]

First off, what on earth made you think it was tinder fungus?
There are pictures of real tinder fungus on this very forum. See:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=8071
As to what it is, will have to look in a book I think I have seen something similar on a birch stump. Knowing what its not is much easier than identifying it

The first image is probably too blurred though for an ID. Typically guide books talk about cap diameter, stem diameter, height, colour of gills, spacing of gills, scales on stems, shape of mature cap, etc etc etc.

You might get some suggestions from that photo, but you probably need a clearer one, with measurements. What kind of soil do you have? was it in the lawn, growing on rotting matter?

I know that there are some great on-line fungi pages, just can't think of them right now.

 

[Ranger Bob]

Image 2 looks like Trametes versicolor (spelling??) though, I'll have to look it up to be sure.

Image is just too blured, and with nothing to indicate scale make ID "tricky".

 

[gregorach]

The grass and clover leaves give you some idea of scale for No 1 - it's pretty small. Even with a better picture, you're unlikely to be able to identify it without a spore print - there are just too many wee mushrooms that all look alike.

 

[R-J]

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com thats a good place to look, it free to join aswell.

 

[bambodoggy]

First off, what on earth made you think it was tinder fungus?

Steady on Chris...he's asking coz he doesn't know Mate.... and he thought it might be FF because:

I believe to be tinder fungus (horse hoof) as it is growing on a cut down silver birch am I correct?

Personally I'd rather somebody asked when it comes to fungus than gets it wrong!

None of us were born experts

Cheers,

Bam.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Timtom1,
I've got some of the "Not tinder fungus" as well. I posted an image about two months ago and was told the same thing - not tinder fungus but don't know what it is. After a few more weeks, I'm guessing that your example will swell up and become something like....
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=7323&highlight= ......the ones I pictured in this thread.

Don't worry, you're not thte only one who can't find any no matter how hard they look.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[C_Claycomb]

Sorry for not appearing steady Not intended.

Sitting here with a copy of the Roger Phillips Mushrooms book. Um...

Many-zoned Polypore Coriolus versicolor Quel Syn. Trametes versicolor
Bracket 4-10cm across, 3-5cm wide, 0.1-0.3cm thick, leathery usually forming large overlapping tiered groups; upper surface velvety becoming smooth with age, colour very variable, concetrically zoned black-green, grey-blue, grey-brown or ochraceous-rust, with a white to cream margin.
Flesh tough and lethery, white, taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes 0.5-1mm long, white drying yellowish.
Pores 3-5 per mm circular or irregularly angular, white, yellowish or light brown.
Habitat on deciduouc wood
All year round, very common, not edible.

http://www.ongar.org/mushrooms/many.html
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R138309.HTM

As oposed to:
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T115986.HTM
for horses hoof

 

[timtom1]

thanks alot does it have any uses does anybody know?

 

[C_Claycomb]

If you do a search for Coriolus versicolor on Google you get some very interesting hits. I only skimmed through last night, but there seemed to be a lot of stuff about medical uses being discoverd for the stuff. Some a little more technical than bushcraft, but I am sure there was something there about its use in Chinese medicine.

http://cancer.ucsd.edu/Outreach/PublicEducation/CAMs/coriolusversicolor.asp
http://www.jhsnp.com/

 

[Marts]

Where was the first one found? Was it on the lawn? Was it on its own or with others?

 

[timtom1]

image one was on my lawn with about 3 others, however there are usualy more just I'd cut the grass before they could grow

 

[Marts]

image one was on my lawn with about 3 others, however there are usualy more just I'd cut the grass before they could grow

In which case I'm leaning towards Fairy Ring mushrooms (Marasmius oreades)
HERE

Though I'm not going to commit to it from that photo as you need to be careful with this one. Really careful. You could mistake one of the toxic Clitocybe species for it, and that wouldn’t be good. Could be fatal

 

[timtom1]

I haven't got a clue about mushrooms so I stand by the rule if in doubt leave it out. I was just interested to see what they were.

 

[R-J]

i found loads of those Fairy Ring's the other day. harvested a few, then found out what they were...

still, better to be safe!