ID's Please.

[IntrepidStu]

Can anyone ID this plant. I think it may be Deadly Nightshade. Also, the Fungus below is a new one on me (not literaly...Id see the doctor immediately if it where).

Plant: Large bottom leaves (Basal ?) with a single thin stem supporting the wide spikey leaved with a berry in the center.

And the weird fungi with my little axe for scale.

Cheers for looking.
Intrepid.

 

[Matthew.Passmore]

Yer I'd say the first one was a Young Deadly Nightshade, No idea on the second one.

 

[C_Claycomb]

And I am pretty sure that it ISN'T Nightshade
I recognise it, but can't remember the name, so looked up Nightshade in my two ref books. The leaves are wrong, the height is wrong and what the fruit is attached to is wrong for Deadly Nightshade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Nightshade

 

[C_Claycomb]

I would go for the first one being Herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia

 

[chickenofthewoods]

Herb Paris looks like a good call. I'm not sure about the fungi though, that one I'd have to trawl through my books for.

 

[mariobab]

Yes it would be it,Paris quadrifolia,very poisonous,two-tree eaten berries can lead to severe symptoms.At least it is so where I live.

 

[Toddy]

Lover's knot, herb paris, for the first one. Grows in damp woody bits. The berry is poisonous though.
Sorry, no idea on the fungi

cheers,
Toddy

 

[woodstock]

the 2nd one looks like deadmans fingers

 

[IntrepidStu]

Cheers for the plant ID guys, its definately the Herb Paris. Still bemused by the Fungi though!!

Stu.

 

[IntrepidStu]

the 2nd one looks like deadmans fingers

Ooops!! Now you all know how slowly I type.

 

[chickenofthewoods]

Dunno about the dead mans fingers, I'm not sure that it's quite the right shape for that. I'll have a delve in the book pile and see what I can find.

 

[IntrepidStu]

Dunno about the dead mans fingers, I'm not sure that it's quite the right shape for that. I'll have a delve in the book pile and see what I can find.

No, I dont think its dead mans fingers either.

 

[chickenofthewoods]

And......... after looking it seems it probably is! There are two types of Xylaria, longipes and polymorpha and just to confuse things more the common name dead mans fingers seems to be used interchangeably between the two.

Yours looks like a very irregular polymorpha. With any luck Xylaria herself will pop in a minute to confirm that.

 

[Minamoo]

Helloes! I think it's Xylaria Polymorpha. It might just be a younger specimen as they start of like little mole fingers and a light bluey grey and elongate and darken to the black as they age. The ones in that photo don't look quite black yet to me so they're probably still growing.

Young Xylaria Polymorpha

Old X. Polymorpha.

 

[Staghound]

Is the fungus easy to go back to? Because if it's Xylaria if you cut one open the flesh inside should be white.

 

[IntrepidStu]

Is the fungus easy to go back to? Because if it's Xylaria if you cut one open the flesh inside should be white.

About 90 Miles. Its from a wood in LLangollen. Lightfoot may be along soon and may be able to find it again.