The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[Geoff Dann]

I don't think it's a crime to pick them if you don't know what they are. BBC news: "Exceptions will be made for people who unknowingly pick the mushrooms in the wild or find them growing in their garden, and critics have argued the act will be difficult to police."

I find it pathetic that anyone can make it a crime to eat a mushroom. No one owns nature. It's a shame.

You can still kneel down and bite it off. That's not really "picking" it. You never hold it in your hand, it just "appears in your mouth."

It is still pathetic though. And almost impossible to police, although I do know some people who were cautioned a couple of years ago having decided to go collecting right next to a school.

 

[Geoff Dann]

I don't think it's a crime to pick them if you don't know what they are. BBC news: "Exceptions will be made for people who unknowingly pick the mushrooms in the wild or find them growing in their garden, and critics have argued the act will be difficult to police."

I find it pathetic that anyone can make it a crime to eat a mushroom. No one owns nature. It's a shame.

OK, so you technically broke the law but the law is interpreted in such a way as you stand no risk of prosecution.

 

[brancho]

As I was directed here what is this


Unknown Fungi by alf.branch, on Flickr

 

[Ash Blue]

Jelly fungus? Certainly it had a soft jelly consistency
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Cheers

That is Crystal Brain - (Exidia nucleata)

 

[Mafro]

Looks like Xylaria polymorpha (dead man's fingers) to me Brancho

 

[Geoff Dann]

Looks like Xylaria polymorpha (dead man's fingers) to me Brancho

Dead man's (and moll's - there's two species) are very much black. That's Microglossum viride.

Geoff

 

[Harvestman]

Dead man's (and moll's - there's two species) are very much black. That's Microglossum viride.

Geoff

Yay! I was right.

(Chalks up another lucky guess...)

 

[Ash Blue]

Hello everyone. I went for a walk around healey dell nature reserve. It would be nice to know what some of these are called. Next time I'm gonna take a paper and pen to write down info about the trees and sizes. On most of the pictures you can see leaves around them, so hopefully that will be helpful.

 

[xylaria]

from the bottom
slug eaten honey fungus
honey fungus armillaria mellea
turkey tail
birch polypore
cloud caps
maze gill
not sure on that on it
clitocybe geotropa the group has moved around a lot and dont know hwerei am with them[but it might a milk cap]
sulpher tufts
I need to look that one up for name,respunate fungi
glistening inkcap

 

[21st century pict]

I went out for a walk yesterday to enjoy the fine weather and stopped in the woods to photograph some common Puffballs’ when I noticed this tiny little fungi in the image .Has anyone any idea in which family I should be looking for a poss ID.

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Sorry about the image quality but the macro on the phone was having problems focusing on the mushroom.

 

[Harvestman]

That's a Giveupus nowus.

 

[21st century pict]

Yes very good.
You mean a bit like when my pal keeps saying “O thats just one o them million wee brown ones”.
Cheers Bro. upnowus alreadygiven.

 

[Harvestman]

Probably a Mycena sp, but getting it down to species is beyond my skills.

You'd need a fair few to make a mouthful, let alone a meal.

 

[21st century pict]

Cheers Harvestman.....
Mycena sp, excellent I will check them out next.
I was hoping the number of gills would help but I haven’t found anything on that yet.
I could try for the world’s smallest spore print.

Cheers Bro.

 

[Harvestman]

Unless you are an expert (and I'm certainly not), then Mycena equates to: "Too damn small to be worth bothering about, so call it a Mycena and look for something more substantial"

 

[xylaria]

mycena capillaris.

Your camera has done very well to be able to take the photo

 

[Mafro]

Dead man's (and moll's - there's two species) are very much black. That's Microglossum viride.

Geoff

Now that's the issue with trying to look at them on a small phone screen. I can clearly see on my laptop that they aren't black!

 

[21st century pict]

mycena capillaris.

Damn you guys are good.

This may sound like a stupid question "probably is" but if I never ask ill never know so here goes.
Can the amount of gills i.e. in this case 12 in such a small fungi ever be classed or used as a diagnostic feature ?

 

[Geoff Dann]

Damn you guys are good.

This may sound like a stupid question "probably is" but if I never ask ill never know so here goes.
Can the amount of gills i.e. in this case 12 in such a small fungi ever be classed or used as a diagnostic future ?

Yes. In many species the exact number of complete and incomplete gills is fixed (incomplete gills being those that do not reach all the way to the centre.) The correct technical term is "lamellae".

 

[Mad Mike]

A walk in the park today a couple of surprise finds

As found & at home with/out flash

I think they are Trooping Funnel (Clitocybe geotropa)