The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[s'étonner]

Found these under pine today, any ideas?

 

[s'étonner]

Cracking match!!!

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

Hi Geoff! Reading back the thread and just saw this!

It was indeed a great night to be a Palace fan, and a horrific one for us Brighton fans. Still trying to forget that agony of those final 10 minutes. Although to be fair, after we scored, it was all Palace so well deserved win for you!

 

[Geoff Dann]

Hi Geoff! Reading back the thread and just saw this!

It was indeed a great night to be a Palace fan, and a horrific one for us Brighton fans. Still trying to forget that agony of those final 10 minutes. Although to be fair, after we scored, it was all Palace so well deserved win for you!

Nice of you to say so. Not all Brighton fans are hooligans then....

This season also seems to have turned on that night, for both teams. Brighton have forgotten how to win, and only the most optimistic Palace supporter would have predicted us to be fourth after 13 games, especially after losing to Doncaster.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Found these under pine today, any ideas?

Clitocybe flaccida - Tawny Funnel.

Just about edible.

Where in the UK are you?

 

[s'étonner]

Hope you didn't encounter any trouble at the game Geoff, I heard there were some idiots about, every club has them, including ours unfortunately and yes Palace are looking good, Zaha in particular looks very impressive! Just don't get promoted as I'd like us to play each other next season too!

Thanks for the ID btw, I was hoping they were trumpet chanterelles, but anything edible is a bonus considering how slim pickings are at the moment!

I'm based in Leicester.

Also, have you seen the *** Murray video on youtube? comedy gold!

 

[Geoff Dann]

Hope you didn't encounter any trouble at the game Geoff, I heard there were some idiots about, every club has them, including ours unfortunately and yes Palace are looking good, Zaha in particular looks very impressive!

Somebody is doing something right at the Palace academy, that's for sure. And I think Freedman may turn out to be a very good manager.

Thanks for the ID btw, I was hoping they were trumpet chanterelles...

Wrong colour and wrong shape. Trumpet/winter chanterelles have yellow stems and grey tops, and are lot less mushroom-shaped.

but anything edible is a bonus considering how slim pickings are at the moment!

I think that may have changed with all this rain, and warmer temperatures to follow. The next two weeks might not be so bad for fungi, especially the wood-chompers.

Tawny funnels aren't that bad to eat. You just need to add plenty of seasoning to disguise the taste, which is a bit like oily fish.

 

[YorkshireWay]

Saw a few things out walking the other day, will give links as there is quite a few and are large. I've never really looked for mushrooms much, just got into looking for them, not wanting to pick any yet. Usually stick to plants and berries

1. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131533.jpg

2. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29132755.jpg

3. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29132810-1.jpg

4. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131821.jpg

5. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131436.jpg

6. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29130248-1.jpg

7. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131305-1.jpg

Any ideas of what they might be? I had a guess at one or two but am by no means certain to any degree.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Saw a few things out walking the other day, will give links as there is quite a few and are large. I've never really looked for mushrooms much, just got into looking for them, not wanting to pick any yet. Usually stick to plants and berries

1. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131533.jpg

2. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29132755.jpg

3. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29132810-1.jpg

4. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131821.jpg

5. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131436.jpg

6. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29130248-1.jpg

7. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29131305-1.jpg

Any ideas of what they might be? I had a guess at one or two but am by no means certain to any degree.

Go on...have a guess.

 

[mountainm]

Go on...have a guess.

(not in order) There's a fly agaric, possibly another manky one with the spots washed off - what looks like a parasol and maybe a shaggy ink cap. I pass on the rest, possibly a bolete?

 

[Loenja]

im guessing fly agaric, panther cap, pass, shaggy/ink cap,pass, pass birch boletus
just guessing so...
LOnja

 

[YorkshireWay]

im guessing fly agaric, panther cap, pass, shaggy/ink cap,pass, pass birch boletus
just guessing so...
LOnja

I thought fly agaric and shaggy ink cap.... and the other being a boletus, so might have been on the right track, as for the others, i'm in the dark.

Of the big one, there is another picture, though the light sort of made it hard to see. It was orange on top, lighter towards the edge and darker towards the middle with alot of spots on,

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb328/okandetre/2011-10-29132750.jpg

 

[Geoff Dann]

im guessing fly agaric, panther cap, pass, shaggy/ink cap,pass, pass birch boletus
just guessing so...
LOnja

Close.

Fly agaric * 2, one of the small inkcaps (probably glistening inkcap), shaggy ink cap, fly agaric, ?????? and brown birch bolete. The ??????? looks like a rooting shank, but these normally grow near rotting wood.

 

[jackcbr]

Found these at the weekend. My guess is Oyster mushrooms, but not 100% sure, any ideas?

Cheers, Jack

 

[Geoff Dann]

Looks like some sort of Pleurotus, but maybe not *the* oyster mushroom (P. ostreatus). I can't tell you any more from those photos.

 

[jackcbr]

Cheers, so would they be safe to eat?

 

[Geoff Dann]

Cheers, so would they be safe to eat?

Probably, but I'd personally leave those since there's only two of them and it might be P. dryinus which is quite rare.

 

[jackcbr]

So I was in the right area. I do find this a difficult area to get right. I don't pick so many because I'm not sure. Think I'll stick to the boletus, I can identify them, just can't find them.

 

[Geoff Dann]

...just can't find them.

This year, neither can I.

 

[mountainm]

I have more of these growing under the birch in my driveway now

Bearded milk cap?

 

[Geoff Dann]

I have more of these growing under the birch in my driveway now

Bearded milk cap?

Yes. More normally "woolly milkcap".