xylaria
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I would agree with your ID, maybe a cubensis. The blue staining is very clear. Very big species for the family.
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xylaria
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the upright grey moldy sticks might be xylaria longipes but they are seriously gone over to ID if they are but they could be one of cordyceps.
The ginger tribbles i am stumped on, it could be a type of moss not fungi. If you think they are fungi, a discription of the texture and picy of the inside might be useful. They look like chestnut shells.
The ginger tribbles i am stumped on, it could be a type of moss not fungi. If you think they are fungi, a discription of the texture and picy of the inside might be useful. They look like chestnut shells.
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Here's a challenge. Pretty obscure fungus, so not expecting anything, but can any of our mycological experts tell me what species this is, growing on a cowpat at a local nature reserve?
Actually, confirmation that it is a fungus would be a good start
Actually, confirmation that it is a fungus would be a good start
Thanks Dave. Someone else on another site suggested C. granulata. I've never seen this genus, so I don't know at all.
Thanks for the input. For the moment I'm going to call it Cheilymenia sp, as I am uncertain about it. The discs were not large at all (this was a macro shot, hence the awful depth of focus), but I couldn't say if they were greater than 2mm.
Good call species is close enough for this one if your happy
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This one has caps at least 4 inches across, and I didn't get a view of the gills. Any suggestions?
Here's an earthstar. I'd assume Geoastrum triplex, except that this (and there were three of them) was growing on a fallen trunk of a very old specimen of crack willow, Salix fragilis. I thought earthstars grew on rich soil, not on wood? Maybe the tree had been down long enough to allow a sort of soil layer to build up.
(Woodshavings because the tree was being trimmed back as it was falling over a road)
It is years since I've found one of these, let alone three at once!
(Woodshavings because the tree was being trimmed back as it was falling over a road)
It is years since I've found one of these, let alone three at once!
There's a bit of serendipity!
I came here to post some pictures of a fungus that I discovered growing in the back garden about an hour ago.
Here are a few that seem to be fully open. The bodies are quite fragile, so many have been broken.
Here's a partly open body.
And a couple that are barely open. The bright disc is a 1 coin for scale.
The bodies are dark, partially buried, and the insides are almost like porcelain or coconut flesh.
I'm guessing at something in the Geastrum (earthstar) genus, but don't know which one.
I came here to post some pictures of a fungus that I discovered growing in the back garden about an hour ago.
Here are a few that seem to be fully open. The bodies are quite fragile, so many have been broken.
Here's a partly open body.
And a couple that are barely open. The bright disc is a 1 coin for scale.
The bodies are dark, partially buried, and the insides are almost like porcelain or coconut flesh.
I'm guessing at something in the Geastrum (earthstar) genus, but don't know which one.
What's odd, though, is that there is never the ball-shaped part inside the cup; it's not that the ball has withered or been blown away from the fully open cups, it is never present even in the barely opened cups.
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