The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.
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Top one is one of the brown leccinums, of which there are 6 or 7. Important to know what tree it was growing with.
The other one looks like Gymnopilus junonius.
The other one looks like Gymnopilus junonius.
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Good hunt today 
so many pics my camera battery died on me, here are a few of the most interesting finds
Any help would be appreciated, gutted I never got pics of some of the nice russulas but there's always next time
so many pics my camera battery died on me, here are a few of the most interesting finds
Any help would be appreciated, gutted I never got pics of some of the nice russulas but there's always next time
Hi
Is this one horse huff fungus please?
It was from a masive beech tree
I am hoping it is so i can make some amado out of it
Thanks for looking
Is this one horse huff fungus please?
It was from a masive beech tree
I am hoping it is so i can make some amado out of it
Thanks for looking
Billy I think yours is a Ganoderma, sometimes referred to as artist fungus. it can be treated like amadou, but is not as good. If Geoff disagrees, believe him, not me.
Here's one from me, growing under mixed beech and hazel, next to a stream. The one that I pulled up was much more deeply-rooted than I expected. I don't know what this is.
Here's one from me, growing under mixed beech and hazel, next to a stream. The one that I pulled up was much more deeply-rooted than I expected. I don't know what this is.
Yes, looks like an old Ganoderma. It is worth noting, if you're out looking for horses hoof fungus but aren't quite sure what it is, that there is a rather rare species that looks considerably more like it than that ganoderma does. I found one yesterday, and nearly mistook it for horses hoof myself, although I didn't pick it as I'm not into making tinder. The species I am talking about is Fomitopsis pinicola, which sometimes looks more like a Ganoderma - reddish - but when dry can look very like a horses hoof fungus - grey. The main difference is a slightly flatter shape, and a red band around the bottom.
Billy I think yours is a Ganoderma, sometimes referred to as artist fungus. it can be treated like amadou, but is not as good. If Geoff disagrees, believe him, not me.
Here's one from me, growing under mixed beech and hazel, next to a stream. The one that I pulled up was much more deeply-rooted than I expected. I don't know what this is.
If you'd found it with conifers then I'd say the lethally toxic Cortinarius rubellus. That is the species that author Nicholas Evans picked and ate, and gave to his wife, leaving them in need of kidney transplants. The unbelievable thing is that he thought he was eating a penny bun!! But the habitat is wrong. It's a Cortinarius though - something in the Telamonia section.
Good hunt today
Any help would be appreciated, gutted I never got pics of some of the nice russulas but there's always next time
Top two are actually closely related. Xerula (or Oudemansiella) radicata (rooting shank) and Oudemansiella mucida (porcelain fungus). Third one is sulphur tuft and not sure about the last one. Probably a Psathyrella.
Thank you Geoff, as always. I had it to Cortinarius, but didn't say so because I wasn't very confident even to genus. Cortinarius is a group that seems to elude me most of the time.
I wasn't looking for edibles, but how anyone can confuse this with Cep is beyond my understanding. You would have to be at the level of "well, it is brown on top, so it must be cep". Unbelievable.
Boletus edulis or Penny bun/Porcini/Cep etc A fully mature specimen so probably full of worms but younger individuals are very tasty mushrooms
Cheers mate there was a couple of younger Ceps around, but I didn't know that they grew that big.
Andrew
Not convinced. Boletus something, I agree, but looks a bit yellow in the pores for Cep to me. I could be wrong though.
It looks like a penny bun to me.
They do regularly go that yellow, although it is an odd shape for that species. And in terms of big ones...that's not even close - they get much bigger than that.
They do regularly go that yellow, although it is an odd shape for that species. And in terms of big ones...that's not even close - they get much bigger than that.
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It looks like a penny bun to me.
They do regularly go that yellow, although it is an odd shape for that species. And in terms of big ones...that's not even close - they get much bigger than that.
Well, that's me wrong again.
It won't be the last time.
Well, that's me wrong again.
It won't be the last time.
You're obviously getting out there an snapping up all the penny bun's when they're in their prime
Up here this season there have been loads of penny buns and they've been going from little and prime to massive and past in in a couple of days.
Great shots. Actually it is more that i don't see them very often, and when I do they look like the second picture.
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