The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[Geoff Dann]

Sorry for the cr@p photo only saw just before I mowed the lawn. Any idea what it is?

Those look like sulphur tuft, growing on buried wood. Easy to check - the gills should be yellow with a distinct blue/green tinge (or will be soon). This is the most common mushroom of all in the UK. I find it pretty much every time I go out, at all times of the year.

 

[Roe Ring]

Thanks for the reply Geoff, I'm afraid my spore print was a failure with one of the bolete being so heavily infested, the pores were a soggy mess by morning.

I'll try again if I can find a young one.

Thanks

Mark


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[Mafro]

You may not even have to do a spore print, the top ones drop their spores on the once underneath them

 

[Geoff Dann]

Oh dear, I didn't think they'd let your sort on here...

It may be a big game for a tin pot club like Palace (probably your cup final!) but not us

Only kidding mate! Should be a cracking match!

Cracking match!!!

[Brighton 1 (7 mins) Palace 3 (80, 90, 90+4]

 

[barking badger]

hello all i went for a short walk on some waste land near us today it has some self set silver birch and oak all small in size
found loads of these everywhere could anybody give me a clue on id please and edibilaty
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0455.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0463.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0464.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0456.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0453.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0444.jpg

 

[Geoff Dann]

hello all i went for a short walk on some waste land near us today it has some self set silver birch and oak all small in size
found loads of these everywhere could anybody give me a clue on id please and edibilaty
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0455.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0463.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0464.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0456.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0453.jpg
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l620/barkingbadger/DSCF0444.jpg

OK...there's some rules to foraging ethically and sustainably, and one of them is this: If you don't know what a mushroom is, you don't pick loads of them hoping that they are edible. The reason for this is that if you do this, then you will sooner or later end up picking loads of something rare that you should have left alone. This problem has been made worse by the possibility of getting an internet ID - in fact it was pointless before the days of the internet, which compromises a website like this. We don't want to be part of the problem.

Fortunately, most of these are Leccinum versipelle, which aren't particularly rare.

 

[barking badger]

thanks i consider myself told off
i had got a id for the leccinum versipelle in the first picture from my book, just wanted to be sure it was the other 2 smaller ones i wasnt sure about
they look like clitocybe inversa but like i said wasn't sure so just thought i would seek a second opinion. as to just going picking for the fun of it i have been past these for the past few days there are hundreds of these spread all over after checking my book i felt that i could remove a few to bring home take photos of and have a closer look and if one or two people confirmed the same id i thought i would feel confident enough to give them a try . like i said i have no experience and will be looking to attend a coarse at some point in the future . to help me get a better understanding . thanks for your post ........mark

 

[Roe Ring]

My walk today took me out of
the woods and onto the Heath/dunes. I found good numbers of these all within 50m of the wood edge.

I think these are Slender Parasol (Macrolepiota mastoidea). caps were 8 - 10cm but still had to open a little. Flesh in the stem bruised redish brown towards the base when cut. Ring did not move and each had a very pronounced bump on top. Can anyone confirm this? I know there are some dapperlings which look similar but this looks quite distinctive.

Thanks

Mark


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[Geoff Dann]

Looks like slender parasol to me. I've found more of these than normal in the last few days.

 

[Geoff Dann]

barking badger,

The other two small ones look like a brown rollrim and one of the small brown milkcaps, which are a bugger to identify to species even if you find them yourself.

 

[mountainm]

Found today:

Dried out fly agaric?

Dunno about this on

 

[Harvestman]

Second one looks like a shaggy parasol.

 

[Roe Ring]

Thanks for the quick reply Geoff.

Before I ask this next question, I take full responsibility for my own ID before I would even consider eating any mushroom I find.

Has anyone eaten slender parasol? They are supposed to be good. Do they react with alcohol?

Just to reiterate, I would not eat a wild mushroom based on any reply to this question.

Thanks

Mark


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[Geoff Dann]

Found today:

Dried out fly agaric?

Yes.

Dunno about this on

Shaggy Parasol.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Thanks for the quick reply Geoff.

Before I ask this next question, I take full responsibility for my own ID before I would even consider eating any mushroom I find.

Has anyone eaten slender parasol? They are supposed to be good. Do they react with alcohol?

Just to reiterate, I would not eat a wild mushroom based on any reply to this question.

Thanks

Mark

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AFAIK the only mushrooms which react with alcohol are common inkcaps.

Yes, I've eaten slender parasols. They are good.

 

[Roe Ring]

Thanks again Geoff, I thought it was one of the scaly ones but couldn't remember which one.




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[Nice65]

I know a few of these. I'm fairly sure about the white ones, probably Destroying Angel. I think that's a Chantrelle, and I know there's a Fly Agaric in there. No idea about the rest, 'cept the puffballs.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Nice65

Amethyst Deceiver
Spotted Toughshank
Not a Destroying Angel...The Miller: edible, excellent.
Gomphidius rutilus
Chanterelle*2
Can't tell from that shot
Tawny Grisette.

 

[Nice65]

Thanks Geoff, I've missed out the pic of the Destroying Angel. Can't post it now as I'm on my phone, but do it tomorrow so people can reference it.

Perhaps not edited into my original post though eh? Would make your list read, ahem, slightly wrong.

 

[Harvestman]

Geoff, that Gomphidius rutilus (the picture after the Miller) - my own id of that would have been that it is a normal Deceiver. I got the others, although I wouldn't have been sure about Miller without seeing the gills.

Purely for my education, what feature(s) did you use to make that Id?

Thanks.