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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #105 on: October 12, 2016, 01:19:55 AM »
Well Gabriela, m3 looks a bit like some gasteromycetes I know (and dare to eat) but I never eat any mushroom I don't know!

Neither do I Trond; the only mushroom I collected and consumed is the giant puffball - no one I think can mistaken it for something else! Quite rare unfortunately and I read is a special concern species in Norway.
http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/calvatia-gigantea-giant-puffball
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #106 on: October 12, 2016, 07:42:01 AM »
The giant puffball is rare in Norway and has never been common I think. I have only seen it a few times.
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #107 on: October 13, 2016, 01:02:05 AM »
Lichens and Old Man's Beard on the coast of Nova Scotia today.


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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #108 on: October 13, 2016, 07:03:18 PM »
Neither do I Trond; the only mushroom I collected and consumed is the giant puffball - no one I think can mistaken it for something else! Quite rare unfortunately and I read is a special concern species in Norway.
http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/calvatia-gigantea-giant-puffball

Yum, they are delicious! Not too rare here, though not something you come across all that often either - you need to be at the right place at the right time.

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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #109 on: October 13, 2016, 10:13:32 PM »
A contribution to this thread taken at Awarua Bay near Invercargill. This particular site can be rather bleak. It is an old gravel quarry; the substrate is quartz peebles with very little soil.
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Cladia retipora
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Cladia retipora; this is a very lovely and distinctive lichen.
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Cladonia confusa; another common and distinctive lichen. The next picture is Dibaeis arcuata with the lovely stalked fruiting bodies.


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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #110 on: October 13, 2016, 10:15:16 PM »
The structure of the lichens  is so sculptural and yet dainty.
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #111 on: October 15, 2016, 08:51:45 AM »
As I said, today I found a lot of mushrooms. I only know the first one which is an Amanita of some sort. The other ones, I named them m1-m4 ;D

Hi Garbriela

I've not been a regular visitor to the forum this autumn so missed this post.

Your Amanita is possibly A. rubescens (the Blusher), but can't be certain.
M1 is Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus).
M2 is Hygrocybe helobia.
M3 is Lycoperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) as Ian suggested.
M4 is a Cortinarius - a vast genus of several hundred species. The purple colour would narrow it down to 2 or 3 dozed.  :o

I'm envious of all your woodland and fungi.
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #112 on: October 15, 2016, 09:16:23 AM »
A contribution to this thread taken at Awarua Bay near Invercargill. This particular site can be rather bleak. It is an old gravel quarry; the substrate is quartz peebles with very little soil.
...
Cladia retipora
...
Cladia retipora; this is a very lovely and distinctive lichen.
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Cladonia confusa; another common and distinctive lichen. The next picture is Dibaeis arcuata with the lovely stalked fruiting bodies.

David,

Looks familiar but foreign at the same time!

Here are a few from my area.

Flavocetraria nivalis + Cladonia stellaris:

552790-0


Alectoria ochroleuca:

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Mix

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Stereocaulon sp + Arctostaphylos alpina

552796-3
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #113 on: October 16, 2016, 12:31:12 AM »
All these lichens are so incredible beautiful David and Trond! Too bad we cannot cultivate them.
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #114 on: October 16, 2016, 12:38:05 AM »
Hi Garbriela
I've not been a regular visitor to the forum this autumn so missed this post.
Your Amanita is possibly A. rubescens (the Blusher), but can't be certain.
M1 is Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus).
M2 is Hygrocybe helobia.
M3 is Lycoperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) as Ian suggested.
M4 is a Cortinarius - a vast genus of several hundred species. The purple colour would narrow it down to 2 or 3 dozed.  :o

I'm envious of all your woodland and fungi.

Thank you very much! I wrote the names in my files, so next year I'll know better. The woodland at this point is as enchanting as in the spring time. It's been quite dry this year but still a lot of mushrooms. Here are a few more.

Found the giant puffball - Calvatia gigantea  :)

Another Amanita, Hygrocybe and a Mycena (most probably) - Xeromphalina campanella; m5 - I couldn't ID the genus.




« Last Edit: October 16, 2016, 03:39:51 PM by Gabriela »
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« Reply #115 on: October 16, 2016, 08:57:44 AM »
All these lichens are so incredible beautiful David and Trond! Too bad we cannot cultivate them.

Gabriela, Are you sure? Most (all) lichens will regrow from pieces. I am sure many can be grown in a garden if you try!
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #116 on: October 16, 2016, 10:36:21 AM »
Thank you very much! I wrote the names in my files, so next year I'll know better. The woodland at this point is as enchanting as in the spring time. It's been quite dry this year but still a lot of mushrooms. Here are a few more.

Ah, more fungi to drool over!

1. Amanita muscaria var. formosa - the yellow form of the common Fly Agaric. If you look closely you will see some red blushing on some caps.
2. Hygrocybe acutoconica
3. Xeromphalina campanella - (Mycena, almost without exception, are conical in shape and usually pale in colour).
4. Can't place this one but feel it has to be another Amanita.

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« Reply #117 on: October 16, 2016, 03:38:13 PM »
Gabriela, Are you sure? Most (all) lichens will regrow from pieces. I am sure many can be grown in a garden if you try!

I should persevere that's for sure  ;)
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« Reply #118 on: October 16, 2016, 03:44:30 PM »
Ah, more fungi to drool over!

1. Amanita muscaria var. formosa - the yellow form of the common Fly Agaric. If you look closely you will see some red blushing on some caps.
2. Hygrocybe acutoconica
3. Xeromphalina campanella - (Mycena, almost without exception, are conical in shape and usually pale in colour).
4. Can't place this one but feel it has to be another Amanita.

Thanks again - I must find more mushrooms for you  :) I've corrected the 'Mycena'. The only guide in the house is - Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada; I must rectify this discriminatory situation  ;)
How about a Pholiota for the unknown?
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #119 on: October 16, 2016, 05:18:57 PM »
Thanks again - I must find more mushrooms for you  :) I've corrected the 'Mycena'. The only guide in the house is - Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada; I must rectify this discriminatory situation  ;)
How about a Pholiota for the unknown?

I did consider the Scalycaps but they tend to have lighter caps than the one you have illustrated. There is so much variation, of course, and it may me a species we don't get over here.
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