Young bracket fungi are very hard to identify. I wouldn't even try with that one. Too hard for me...
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Thanks Harvestman
I'll keep an eye on it throughout the year and see if gets a bit easier to identify.Yeah, I spent most of new year studying fungi books trying to work out what it was learnt a lot but didn't find it.
Hi people,
First off loving this thread ( have picked field mushrooms since I was a kid but always stayed away from, ''ahham, almost''
everything else due to the usual fear drilled into me from parents and other's while growing up ) and the site in general 
. Secondly, sorry for the rubbish pic's but only had my phone on me but thought Id ask if anyone knew what these things are?
Found under an Oak at the side of a lake in dry(ish) ground.
First pic has my ear phone's in there for sizing.
Skin was leathery and very rough. I picked one and split it open and it was full of what looked like soil and a few maggots.
Not going to eat em,thought it was some sort of puffbull just a bit strange it was full of soil or what ever it was. Sorry if its a noob question.
Take care all.Dave.
First off loving this thread ( have picked field mushrooms since I was a kid but always stayed away from, ''ahham, almost''
everything else due to the usual fear drilled into me from parents and other's while growing up ) and the site in general . Secondly, sorry for the rubbish pic's but only had my phone on me but thought Id ask if anyone knew what these things are? Found under an Oak at the side of a lake in dry(ish) ground.
First pic has my ear phone's in there for sizing.
Skin was leathery and very rough. I picked one and split it open and it was full of what looked like soil and a few maggots.
Not going to eat em,thought it was some sort of puffbull just a bit strange it was full of soil or what ever it was. Sorry if its a noob question.
Take care all.Dave.
Ok no takers on the above? Dont blame anyone, the pic's are rubbish.
What about these?The wood near me is full of them. They vary from an inch or so to around six. Leathery skin and hard to break up, also don't smell of much and seem to hold a lot of water.Mainly on silver birch's.
Cheers.Dave.
What about these?The wood near me is full of them. They vary from an inch or so to around six. Leathery skin and hard to break up, also don't smell of much and seem to hold a lot of water.Mainly on silver birch's.
Cheers.Dave.
First ones look like Earthballs (Scleroderma citrinum), the second is the Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus).
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Hi all!
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Geoff
I have a new fungi/foraging website: http://www.geoffdann.co.uk/
And I'm (newly) on Twitter: @DannGeoff
Geoff
Not sure why, but my iPhone won't open the link, I get a "page not found" message. Typing the address into a Safari page doesn't work either.
What a great thread:You_Rock_.
I love searching for mushrooms, last year was terrible for foraging in the woods but I did find my first Morel around May time. Anyone in or around Norwich go foraging?
I love searching for mushrooms, last year was terrible for foraging in the woods but I did find my first Morel around May time. Anyone in or around Norwich go foraging?
Never seen any of these before. 3 growing under an old sheet on a dead branch (twig). no gills underneath and didn't smell of anything.
Never seen any of these before. 3 growing under an old sheet on a dead branch (twig). no gills underneath and didn't smell of anything.
Scarlet Elf Cup.
Hi Geoff, I hope you had a good winter.
Here is my first question of the year. I came across these fungi and can't identify them. The habitat is a bit odd, as it is a woodland that has grown up on what was once a grass tennis court (last used about 1930). the soil is damp, with golden saxifrage and a lot of bramble.
Any ideas? Same fungi in both pics as far as I can tell.
Thanks as always.
Here is my first question of the year. I came across these fungi and can't identify them. The habitat is a bit odd, as it is a woodland that has grown up on what was once a grass tennis court (last used about 1930). the soil is damp, with golden saxifrage and a lot of bramble.
Any ideas? Same fungi in both pics as far as I can tell.
Thanks as always.
Hi Harvestman
Happy spring!
Those look very much like Agrocybes of some sort, probably A. praecox (Spring Fieldcap). Name is a bit misleading, because they can turn up in the autumn as well. It's also a complicated genus (A. praecox and A. molesta are really a "species complex", and there's quite a few other less common species in the genus that these could be.)
Geoff
Happy spring!
Those look very much like Agrocybes of some sort, probably A. praecox (Spring Fieldcap). Name is a bit misleading, because they can turn up in the autumn as well. It's also a complicated genus (A. praecox and A. molesta are really a "species complex", and there's quite a few other less common species in the genus that these could be.)
Geoff
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Agrocybe sp. will do me very nicely, thank you. I have to produce a list of species that I saw at this site, and this fungus had me beaten.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
Good morning folks! Found these on an old birch tree and wondered if anyone would ID them for me? My guess is that it's Piptoporus Betulinus but I'm not terribly sure as they're a bit light on top. Found a much larger specimen on a dead Birch tree with a very brown top but I've lost the picture!
If it is Birch Bracket, is this the same fungus as Razor Strop and can it be used for carrying embers and making tinder?
If it is Birch Bracket, is this the same fungus as Razor Strop and can it be used for carrying embers and making tinder?
Yes, birch polypore / razorstrop. From last year. Not much use in that state, apart from as tinder.
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