The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[Geoff Dann]

Hi guys,

Could anyone help me with identifying these? Fungus 1 was growing in grass under the shade of trees, and fungus 2 was in a wooded area....

Fungus 1

Fungus 2

Top one is Macrolepiota rhacodes (Shaggy Parasol). The other one is a member of the genus Suillus, and the type of conifer would help to confirm which one it is. Maybe S. granulatus.

 

[Floyd Soul]

Thanks a million Geoff. I came across shaggy parasol whilst trying to ID it but never made the connection.

The Suillus fungi was growing beneath a woodland area with Scots pine, sycamore, ash and beech. Scot's pine was the only conifer though.

 

[Geoff Dann]

The Suillus fungi was growing beneath a woodland area with Scots pine, sycamore, ash and beech. Scot's pine was the only conifer though.

Were there lots of them or just one? I'm guessing it's probably Suillus bovinus, but you usually find loads of these if you find any at all. Edible but rather soggy and tasteless - not recommended.

 

[Floyd Soul]

Yeah there was 7 or 8 of them anyways. They were half eaten by insects and soggy enough with the rain.

Thanks for the help.

 

[mountainm]

Here's an easy one for you:

2 of a few found in the middle of a field grazed by sheep and used by horses.

Cheers

Mike

 

[Geoff Dann]

Great photo of Handkea excipuliformis - Mosaic Puffball.

 

[dav086]

This is a great fungi thread - I really enjoyed browsing through! Does anyone know of any good courses out there (preferably in Wales) that take you through it over a weekend? I know there are a few courses out there (thanks Google) - but having been on a number of different types of courses over the years, I know that some are considerably better than others.

Thanks!

 

[dav086]

Should probably note too that I just mean the basics in one weekend- I know that there is a LOT to learn about this subject

 

[ocean1975]

Hi all,
Found this fungi growing on a cherry tree at the weekend,not surre what it is my guess would be a young chicken of the woods ? But i thought they grow on oaks and willows

 

[Geoff Dann]

As I already told you...COTW grows on cherry too.

Geoff

 

[xhalmers_860]

Thanks for your help on this, I'm a moreless beginner

Found in Scotland today. I took one home and cut it open - there were at least a dozen and i saw them in different places. If I find out its edible I'll wish I took a couple!

 

[xhalmers_860]

Sorry, I missed the photos.

Help very much appreciated - I couldn't find one quite the same in the ID guide

 

[Geoff Dann]

Sorry, I missed the photos.

Help very much appreciated - I couldn't find one quite the same in the ID guide

Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulina). This fungus is very common.

 

[ocean1975]

As I already told you...COTW grows on cherry too.

Geoff

This was posted before the other thread,but thanks for your help.Have you been ID fungi for long?

 

[Geoff Dann]

This was posted before the other thread,but thanks for your help.Have you been ID fungi for long?

More than twenty years. And that may not even be COTW. It does look a bit odd - the smell would be the giveaway.

Strangely enough, by far the biggest Chicken of the Woods I ever found was more than twenty years ago. It was one of the things that really inspired me to get into mushrooms. It was roughly the size of a full-grown sheep and I've never seen one remotely that large since.

 

[Harvestman]

It was roughly the size of a full-grown sheep.

Good grief! That's a lot of fungus. You sure it wasn't a sheep?! I've never seen anything remotely that size either. A few giant polypore are the largest I've ever seen.

By the way, bracket fungus on an oak stump, at least a foot across and 6 inches thick (upper surface to lower), mottled yellowish above, grey below, weeping yellowish fluid from large pits/pores in the upper surface (some of the fluid got into a cut on my hand and stung like disinfectant). Would that be Inonotus dryadeus?

I know you're going to ask me for a photo, but I haven't worked out how to get it off my phone. If you like, I can go back with the camera. I'm fairly confident of the identification, but it isn't a species I've seen (or at least noticed) before.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Good grief! That's a lot of fungus. You sure it wasn't a sheep?!

Funny colour for a sheep...

I've never seen anything remotely that size either. A few giant polypore are the largest I've ever seen.

The largest fungus I've ever seen was a giant polypore growing on the remains of an oak in Savernake Forest. That was more like the size of a small car, in total. It must have been a monster of a tree.

By the way, bracket fungus on an oak stump, at least a foot across and 6 inches thick (upper surface to lower), mottled yellowish above, grey below, weeping yellowish fluid from large pits/pores in the upper surface (some of the fluid got into a cut on my hand and stung like disinfectant). Would that be Inonotus dryadeus?

I know you're going to ask me for a photo, but I haven't worked out how to get it off my phone. If you like, I can go back with the camera. I'm fairly confident of the identification, but it isn't a species I've seen (or at least noticed) before.

I'm going to ask you for a photo.

 

[Harvestman]

I knew it! Ok, I'll try to remember the camera tomorrow.

I'm curious about that fluid though. Wonder if it could be a bushcraft disninfectant or something, or just a good way to poison/inflame a wound. Wonder what it consists of, besides water...

 

[Lordyosch]

I saw these beauties today. Never seen fly agaric before. No idea what the big buggers are though!

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[Geoff Dann]

Yes, nothing quite compares to a good show of Fly Agarics.

As for the big ones...you can't tell from the photo whether those are actually mushrooms (with a stem and cap) or puffballs turning brown. If they are mushrooms then I'm guessing they are orange birch boletes (Leccinum aurantiacum).