Fungus ID

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Col_M

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Jun 17, 2010
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London and Devon
Hi to all you shroomy experts,
On a camp this weekend near Prague I came across a number of mushrooms and toadstools which I thought you could help me identify. I know next to nothing but I'm hoping to learn, I've have ordered some books and am borrowing a small guide from a friend.

One thing I can say is that mushrooms are so easy to find at night, under torchlight they stand out like beacons, probably old news to many but it got me excited ;)

Anyway onto the mushrooms....

1. this was a big one about 20-25cm tall
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2. Very phallic looking but no idea :)
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3. Death caps? I know that nasty ones in general have white gills, a skirty thing and a ball that they come out of at the base, these also have a greenish browny colour which death caps are mean to be. They were also in oak litter which is meant to be their habitat.
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4. Another death cap?
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5. Death cap again?
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6. No idea!
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7. Again not sure
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I'm assuming all of them are poisonous (goes without saying for the death cap) as we'd seen many people picking shrooms and these were left.

Many thanks to anyone who looks in and can help :)
 

JonathanD

Ophiological Genius
Sep 3, 2004
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The one shaped like a 'thingy' is a stinkhorn. Or as Poppy would say....

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She's not mine... honest.
 
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Col_M

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Jun 17, 2010
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London and Devon
Thanks guys, I've done a bit of reading up on them :)
JonathanD, do the stinkhorns only smell at certain times in their lifecycle? This one didn't smell at all, thankfully :)
 

jonnie drake

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Nov 20, 2009
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west yorkshire
1. parasol mushroom
2. lepistra irina
3. death cap
4. possibly death cap
5. No ring so I wouldnt say death cap. Perhaps Lepsita Irina again.
6. I'd go with either saffron or oak milk cap
7. Xerula radicata

well theres my assumptions, great pics!
 

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