The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

Bluefrog

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Hi Guys,

I'm quite new to the fungi side of things. I can identify the odd fungi that doesn't have any gills. I went on a walk today to pick some blackberries and brought back a few samples of fungi to identify. I managed to identify 1 which I am confident with (specimen 1), I think this is a mature common puffball. All of the others I can't seem to identify with much conviction so I was wondering if someone could lead me down the right path with them. All of them were found in Beach Oak woodland growing on the ground this morning.

Specimen 1 - I'm fairly convinced that it is a common puffball
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Specimen 2 - This seems to have gills on the top and underneath??

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Specimen 3

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Specimen 4

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Harvestman

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I make the puffball to be common stalked puffball, Calvatia exipuliformis. The second looks like a highly abnormal Amethyst Deceiver to me, and I don't know about the third one. Geoff Dann is the man for definitive answers on here though, and will probably be along to correct me in a while.
 

Bluefrog

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I make the puffball to be common stalked puffball, Calvatia exipuliformis. The second looks like a highly abnormal Amethyst Deceiver to me, and I don't know about the third one. Geoff Dann is the man for definitive answers on here though, and will probably be along to correct me in a while.

Thanks,

I someone on facebook suggested that the 2nd could be a Amethist Deceiver, it seems very abnormal with the gills/growth on top from what i have been reading online.
 

Harvestman

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Thanks,

I someone on facebook suggested that the 2nd could be a Amethist Deceiver, it seems very abnormal with the gills/growth on top from what i have been reading online.

it looks to me like a second fruiting body has grown on/from the first, which is unusual but I have seen pictures of it before.
 

_Matt_

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Laccaria amethystina and a Pluteus species (and of course the puffball). The morphological characteristics of any given species can vary very widely. This is just an atypical example of that species.
 
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That'll be tea sorted then!

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Nope, I do not touch mushrooms due to the fact that I am no expert and I do not know of any to go with. Ever since hearing of a mushrooming society loosing 2 members to the death cap, I believe it isn't a hobby that you can follow from a book. If so called experienced people end up picking death caps, I'd give myself about a month before something terrible happened.
 

_Matt_

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I don't think the answer to the problem is avoiding mushrooms altogether though. I think understanding enough that there can be no doubt about what you are looking at (or no doubt about what it isn't) is the way forward. That doesn't mean you need to eat them. It's not difficult to avoid eating something like a Death Cap or something else really toxic either. You have to be really careless.
 

Adze

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This isn't my image, a Failbook contact posted it so I thought I'd see what the Illuminati of BCUK would come up with as there's no consensus elsewhere yet - it's the only image I have and there's no spore print I'm afraid:

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Paulm

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I saw a small troop of these while out for a wander, they were in a transitional area between a stand of oak and one of larch, so I'm thinking maybe larch boletes but maybe slippery jack ?





Cheers, Paul
 

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