The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[Geoff Dann]

Here's one or two that I wouldn't mind an opinion on Geoff

Two views of the same fungus. Possibly Amanita excesla var. spissa? (someone else's suggestion. I thought it was a blusher).

Maybe. More likely to be var. excelsa. Need to check the base of the stem. Is it deeply rooting/buried? A. spissa has a base like a blusher. A. excelsa just keeps going down.

Amanita citrina?

Yes.

Don't know

http://www.geoffdann.co.uk/tag/sheathed-woodtuft/

I have these (terrible picture I know) as Blackening Russula, R. nigricans, but they might be old charcoal burners, and I even wondered about Ugly Milk cap L. turpis. Any opinion, however vague?

Looks like R. nigricans or one of about 5 other very similar species.

 

[Harvestman]

Maybe. More likely to be var. excelsa. Need to check the base of the stem. Is it deeply rooting/buried? A. spissa has a base like a blusher. A. excelsa just keeps going down.

http://www.geoffdann.co.uk/tag/sheathed-woodtuft/

Looks like R. nigricans or one of about 5 other very similar species.

Thank you. I didn't check the baseof the Amanita excelsa as I was just photographing. I will happily settle for A excelsa as it is new to me.

The sheathed woodtuft is interesting, and also new to me, at least as far as knowing what it is. I won't be eating any.

I will leave it at R. nigricans then, as it is hard for anyone to argue.

Thanks very much Geoff.

 

[fishfish]

heres a mushroom that nearly caught me out,is it a blusher or a panther cap? blusher is edible panther caps gonna fcuk up your day!
dunno! by fishfish_01, on Flickr

what is weird is that the white dots pretty much spell out Robin ,my eldest sons name!lol

 

[Geoff Dann]

heres a mushroom that nearly caught me out,is it a blusher or a panther cap?

Neither!

Grey Spotted Amanita

 

[Briscoe Peregrine]

Hi all I have a lot of pics of Fungi I will try my best not to flood this awesome thread with my pics but i found an interesting shroom the other day so I thought i'd post it. On this little cluster of mushrooms was I think an attached puffball I couldn't pick them or try to as it was on a sssi site to be sure they were fused.

I know it's not the best pic.

 

[Briscoe Peregrine]

Hi all and Geoff i tried to post a few discoveries i made earlier but they are awaiting moderation if you could take a quick look at my tumbler account and inform me if possible what i have found I have many more pics but have posted the more interesting specimens if you would like to take a look. https://www.tumblr.com/blog/meanscreentrapper

 

[Harvestman]

Two more from me:

Can you make anything of this at all? I don't even know if it had gills.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Two more from me:

Armillaria sp.

Can you make anything of this at all? I don't even know if it had gills.

One of the green russulas probably.

Had a nice find today myself. Even Mr Phillips had to borrow a photo of this one: https://twitter.com/DannGeoff/status/515952128326901760

 

[Harvestman]

Those Armillaria keep confusing me. I was sure it was something else!

 

[Harvestman]

Had a nice find today myself. Even Mr Phillips had to borrow a photo of this one: https://twitter.com/DannGeoff/status/515952128326901760

Nice find indeed.

 

[Harvestman]

Oh yes, what's this one, if you can? Grassland habitat. Not on dead wood so at least it won't be an Armillaria

Tell me off if I'm just getting lazy.

 

[Brynglas]

Hard to say from the image but possibly Snowy meadow Cap? (camarophyllus niveus) there are a couple of poisonous varieties that are similar.

 

[mercurykev]

I found a couple of new varieties to me that I'd appreciate an opinion on. They were all found in a Beech wood in Scotland

This is the first one which I'm pretty sure is some form of Tricholoma, but can't pin it down. White/grey gills with grey/brown cap and white stem - Grey Knight/= Ashen Knight? What do you think?:

The second one looks like it might be some type of Inocybe, possibly the Pear fibercap?

 

[demographic]

Spotted this one the other day, think its either a Helvella Crispa or Helvella Lactea?
Top.

Lifting top to view underside.

These from a while ago, Penny Buns?

 

[Geoff Dann]

I found a couple of new varieties to me that I'd appreciate an opinion on. They were all found in a Beech wood in Scotland

This is the first one which I'm pretty sure is some form of Tricholoma, but can't pin it down. White/grey gills with grey/brown cap and white stem - Grey Knight/= Ashen Knight? What do you think?:

The second one looks like it might be some type of Inocybe, possibly the Pear fibercap?

Yes, top one is a Tricholoma - not even going to try to work out which one from a picture. Bottom one is a Cortinarius, not Inocybe.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Hard to say from the image but possibly Snowy meadow Cap? (camarophyllus niveus) there are a couple of poisonous varieties that are similar.

Snowy Meadow Cap? Where does that name come from?...never heard of it before. Haven't heard of Camarophyllus niveus either, but I'm guessing you are referring to Hygrocybe virginea (or Snowy Waxcap). In which it is definitely not, because that species has white gills.

 

[Harvestman]

One thing mine certainly wasn't was a waxcap.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Oh yes, what's this one, if you can? Grassland habitat. Not on dead wood so at least it won't be an Armillaria

Tell me off if I'm just getting lazy.

Not easy. It looks like an Agrocybe, but not obviously like any particular agrocybe. Might be a very young A. cylindracea. Any poplar nearby? Might be growing on buried dead wood...

 

[Harvestman]

Not easy. It looks like an Agrocybe, but not obviously like any particular agrocybe. Might be a very young A. cylindracea. Any poplar nearby? Might be growing on buried dead wood...

This is pastureland that has been planted with new tree saplings in the last 5 years, so I wouldn't expect any dead wood, and no, no poplar nearby. Bramble is the nearest woody plant.

 

[mercurykev]

Yes, top one is a Tricholoma - not even going to try to work out which one from a picture. Bottom one is a Cortinarius, not Inocybe.

Thanks Geoff. I had considered Cortinarius for the second one but couldn't home in on the right one.