The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[bob_the_baker]

While out with the kids today I found this nice troop of Parasols

So that's the dehydrator running.....
Also bagged some Spruce milkcaps, wood mushrooms and field mushrooms

And a couple I can't quite identify:
1st up possibly Cortinarius Subfulgens but is on a dead trunk so maybe a type of Pholiota? Limestone area with mixed hardwoods, mostly beech, ash and horse chestnut, no idea what the stump was. Not much smell, but if pushed I would say earthy.


Second up, in Norway Spruce, with a brown spore print and a pleasant mealy smell. The photos don't show it, but they have quite a dimple in the cap


And finally in the kids park, a load of these little beauties, all under 2cm across

 

[mercurykev]

I was up in Braemar and had a good forage with a pile of Chanterelle, Winter Chanterelle and the first Wood Hedgehogs of the year. There were loads of fungi in evidence but a couple require an ID:

Found a few of these growing near Scots Pine - they look like a type of bracket fungi but growing through the ground. This specimen was around 12 inches across and there were a few others all beside the same tree. Looking at Phillips my thinking was it could be Root Rot??

I'm posting this next one because I've seen a few patched down where I live, always in coniferous woods. I'm thinking Spotted Toughshank?

 

[Harvestman]

A few more from my activities today

 

[Geoff Dann]

Found a few of these growing near Scots Pine - they look like a type of bracket fungi but growing through the ground. This specimen was around 12 inches across and there were a few others all beside the same tree. Looking at Phillips my thinking was it could be Root Rot??

Phaeolus schweinitzii. Used to make a high quality gold dye.

The others are spotted toughshank, yes.

 

[Geoff Dann]

And a couple I can't quite identify:
1st up possibly Cortinarius Subfulgens but is on a dead trunk so maybe a type of Pholiota?

:-D

No, not quite. Cortinariuses don't ever grow on dead wood, and nearly all of them are unidentifiable to species without microscopy anyway. That is Gymnopilus spectabilis/junionius - Spectacular Rustgill.

 

[Geoff Dann]

I have no knowledge of fungi. I've looked through the internet etc this thread but can't find this one. It looks like something has taken a bite from it but I couldn't see any bite marks. It was on the edge of a copse of beech trees.

Any ideas?


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It's a russula. No hope of an ID to species.

 

[Harvestman]

On this picture, posted above, I'm wondering if that's a myxomycete on the cap.

 

[Harvestman]

On the other hand, this is a myxomycete (or slime mould), and a big one too. Found on a spruce stump.

 

[mercurykev]

Phaeolus schweinitzii. Used to make a high quality gold dye.

The others are spotted toughshank, yes.

Thanks Geoff. The Phillips picture of the Phaeolus schweinitzii isn't the best but the description is spot on.

 

[Geoff Dann]

On the other hand, this is a myxomycete (or slime mould), and a big one too. Found on a spruce stump.

No it isn't!!! :-D

That is a fungus called Antrodia xantha.

 

[Harvestman]

No it isn't!!! :-D

That is a fungus called Antrodia xantha.

Somehow I knew you were going to say that!

Right. I'm off to change the titles on my Flickr pictures...

Thanks Geoff.

 

[Harvestman]

Since I'm making mistakes (again), please confirm this parasol mushroom for me. It was a big one (penknife for scale), but as it was all on its own, I left it there, despite it being pristine condition. I was very tempted to take it though. I also wasn't 100% confident in ruling our shaggy parasol, and any doubt is too much doubt when it comes to fungi, so by my personal rules, it stays there.

 

[andyn]

You could have had a nice meal there harvest man.

Your id is correct.

 

[Geoff Dann]

You could have had a nice meal there harvest man.

Your id is correct.

Lots of them about at the moment...

 

[Loenja]

found this in mixed birch and oak woodland:

ID? edible?

thanks

 

[Geoff Dann]

found this in mixed birch and oak woodland:

ID? edible?

thanks

Not possible to provide certain IDs of russulas from pictures, but it is probably an (edible) charcoal burner.

 

[TomH]

Amanita muscaria?

If it is, I assume a discussion on it's 'magicality' would be inappropriate. Or anyone wishing to share any knowledge could PM me. )


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[Geoff Dann]

Amanita muscaria?

Yes. As for its "magicality" - I know a few people who've taken this mushroom recreationally and I'd say 90% of them do not go back for more. That probably tells you all you need to know about it. The other 10% are the sort of people one would describes as "masochists." This mushroom gives you a nasty stomach-ache.

 

[Goatboy]

Yes. As for its "magicality" - I know a few people who've taken this mushroom recreationally and I'd say 90% of them do not go back for more. That probably tells you all you need to know about it. The other 10% are the sort of people one would describes as "masochists." This mushroom gives you a nasty stomach-ache.

Isn't it from this mushroom that Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer of legend comes from. Some animals and seemingly especially reindeer love these and their hallucinogenic effects, and seemingly the main effect is that of euphoric flying. It's stated that they can often be seen eating then (red nose) whilst jumping and leaping around (flying).

There's supposed to be no way of knowing which of the 1% of then have potentially lethal doses of the active ingredient which could leave you pretty dead.

 

[TomH]

Cheers for the info.
I know it sounds cliched but it really is only for knowledge purposes, i have no interest in chemically distorting my already tenuous grip on reality.
I've also read a bit about reindeer and the origins of some Christmas/Santa Claus traditions. Apparently these are why Santa wears red and white.


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