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Title: Fungi 2013
Post by: Natalia on May 09, 2013, 08:34:47 PM
Colleagues, mushrooms are not asleep - start the season :)

Gyromitra gigas

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Sarcosoma globosum

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Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Armin on May 10, 2013, 01:39:08 PM
Sarcosoma globosum - ytd never saw or found any.
Just learned from web pages it is a very rare species in middle of Europe.
Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Carlo on May 11, 2013, 07:34:56 PM
I have a soft spot for fungi...and think them very photogenic. Thanks for the pictures!
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Natalia on May 12, 2013, 12:40:56 PM
Armin, this year Sarcosoma Globosum very large amount ... I was surprised to read that this fungus fruiting once every 5-8 years .
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Armin on May 13, 2013, 06:25:47 PM
Natalia,
only fruiting every 5-8 years... Hm, this would explain why it is so rare to find. ???
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hoy on May 21, 2013, 10:02:25 AM
I haven't picked any edible mushrooms yet but the other day I found some very colourful orange ones - but they were very small. When I looked I also found some brown ones. Firstly I assumed they were the same species but it is two different ones but with a very special ecology. Although the mycelium is in the ground many places they fructify only when an elk (moose) has peed there during the winter! Typically you find the fungi when the snow melts. The orange one is Byssonectria terrestris and the brown one is Pseudombrophila guldeniae. They do have Norwegian names but I don't know if they have any English?
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: ArnoldT on July 15, 2013, 04:22:40 AM
Here's one I found on the south shore of MA, just 30 miles from Boston.

ID?

Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: ArnoldT on July 15, 2013, 04:24:08 AM
A second small forest.

Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Oron Peri on July 15, 2013, 08:03:02 AM
Here's one I found on the south shore of MA, just 30 miles from Boston.

ID?

Amanita flavoconia
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: ArnoldT on July 15, 2013, 11:32:43 AM
Oron:

thanks,

Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Olga Bondareva on August 05, 2013, 12:57:38 PM
Food for gnomes (Crucibulum laeve & Tubifera ferruginosa)
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Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Natalia on October 12, 2013, 04:33:33 PM

One more edible mushroom - Stropharia aeruginosa

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Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Maggi Young on October 12, 2013, 05:36:29 PM
One more edible mushroom - Stropharia aeruginosa

If you say it is edible, Natalia, I believe you - but verdigris not look very tasty!   :-\
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Natalia on October 12, 2013, 06:41:40 PM
Yes, Maggi, the fungus looks terrible - I thought for a long time that this mushroom - kind of fly-agaric :))
But with the experts say - a mushroom is edible.
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Peter Maguire on October 26, 2013, 09:33:20 PM
Can anyone help with the identification of this fungus - I've run out of ideas.
The photo was taken a few weeks ago in the RSPB Loch Garten reserve when I was on Speyside for the discussion weekend. The fruiting bodies were growing on a pile of felled logs that had obviously been there some time, presumably Pinus sylvestris, and were up to 7-8mm across. My first thought was perhaps Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabaria), but the fruiting bodies are slightly larger than one would expect for this species and it is rare on conifers. I did consider Olga's Tubifera ferruginosa, but it doesn't really look much like that either.

Any suggestions gratefully received.  ;)
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Stephenb on October 28, 2013, 12:26:14 PM
Try Wolf's Milk - Lycogala epidendron  :)
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Peter Maguire on October 28, 2013, 03:26:36 PM
Many thanks Stephen - that's why I couldn't find it in any of my fungus books - it's a slime mould! (Fascinating organisms, I was watching a BBC nature program recently showing timelaspe footage of another one, rejoicing in the common name of Dog's vomit (Fuligo septica), consuming fungi in leaf litter)
Does this mean that I should start a new thread??  ::) ::)

Regarding the common name, I knew that they were considering reintoducing extinct species to the Cairngorms National Park, but has anyone heard any nocturnal howling around the Aviemore area recently?  :o
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Natalia on November 15, 2013, 06:49:54 AM
Probably the last mushrooms in our area...

Tremella mesenterica
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 17, 2013, 08:03:07 PM
Hi all ,

 I'm back today from a very interesting excursion  :D
We ( some fungi specialists ) and I had today the opportunity to go searching for truffles  - we had a very good guide with his dog ( a italian dog )
It was unbelievable to see how quick this dog ( called Zara) found the fungi ...

Here are some pics of Tuber aestivum :
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 17, 2013, 08:05:36 PM
It is not allowed for common people to collect truffles to collect - but our guide is a reasearcher  !
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 17, 2013, 08:12:14 PM
On this hill grows several Tuber species :
The most common is Tuber aestivum ( the summer truffles )
later in year comes Tuber brumale ( the winter truffles )
Also we found some few Tuber excavatum ( see last picture )

Enjoy
Hans
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Stephenb on November 20, 2013, 10:57:03 AM
Wow! Lucky you...thanks for sharing! Was this in the Black Forest? Did you get to eat them?
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 20, 2013, 12:27:18 PM
Hi Stephen ,

thank you for your interest !

Yes it was in my area ( river Rhein valley )
But not in Black Forest - the reason is truffles need a calcy soil - Black Forest is mostly acid soil

We got nothing from this truffles for eating - the specialist and reasearcher need all  :'(   ( my wife was really sad )

I have learned on this day that truffles are more distributet ....from Portugal to the Krim ...and from there until to China ( different species )
They grows also in the North ! ( p.e in Danmark ,Sweden )
And they grow until a altitude of 1000 m !

Hans
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Stephenb on November 20, 2013, 12:36:58 PM
Interesting, thanks! Yes, I know that Chinese species are sold in Italy in the same way as many Porcini fungi (ceps) nowadays come from China and are sold as Italian...

There's a project ongoing in Norway with an Italian truffle dog trying to find the edible species....but so far as far as I know not successfully (various other Tuber species and other inedible truffles are found however).  I know someone who is growing a Hazel inoculated with the black summer truffle (no crop yet)...
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 20, 2013, 12:56:05 PM
Stephen ,

I have never heard that "Fungi porcini" comes from China ...so far I know they all Comes from eastern countires ( Poland )

But I know that those chinese truffles are mixed with T.melanosporum or T.aestivum ....they looks perfect like it ...but they dont smell like a real truffle ....it is not possibly to see the difference with a microscope ....and after few days mixing with real truffles they have the same smell

There is no problem for a dog ...they can find all kind of truffles ( anyway if edible or not ) for the dog there is no difference !!

Our guide with his dog works for the unversitiy ...and they have made a lot of research about truffles which growing with trees ( Hazel - Oaks ...)
Now after 6 -7 years of research they sell the first trees ...maybe you are interested ?

As I told earlier it is not allowed to collect wild truffles in Germany ....but if they are growing on your own ground between trees which you have plantet ...so you can use it !!!

Here is the website of this people ...sorry only in german :
http://deutsche-trueffelbaeume.de/index.php (http://deutsche-trueffelbaeume.de/index.php)

Ah - I forgot : truffles are growing in England  ;D

Hans
Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Stephenb on November 20, 2013, 02:50:01 PM
Interesting, thank you!!

Yes, I would really like to try truffle trees....I have wild Hazel growing in my garden and I also have fairly alkaline soil, so it should be possible :)

Concerning Chinese imports, I have a paper (in English) on "Globalized Porcini" - it also covers truffles (I can send it to you if you send me a PM with your email address).
This is a quote from the paper:

"Most dried “Italian porcini” are not Italian at all, but originate in eastern Europe or, especially, in
Yunnan province, China, where a cottage industry has sprung up to support Italy’s demand for porcini."

Best wishes, Stephen


Title: Re: Fungi 2013
Post by: Hans J on November 20, 2013, 03:03:55 PM
 ;D ;D ;D

Stephen : I have ask this man what is the prize for a Hazel which can produce truffles ...he told me :
One pot ( maybe 5 x 5 cm ) costs 35€ ....but if you buy more so they are cheaper  ;)

This people from "Trüffelbäume" will help you with planting - no problem

Good that you have alkaline soil ...you should plant it on a slope with good drainage and good aeration ( similar as for bulbs )

Also you need a dog ...and dont forget ... you need truffles for the training of the dog
( I have heard you can buy such dogs in Switzerland )

Thank you - but I'm not interestet for this paper ...all the Boletus edulis that we eat are collect from my wife !

Good luck
Hans
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