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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: johnralphcarpenter on March 13, 2016, 12:44:47 PM
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The last thing I expected to find during a March walk in the woods was fungi! These are so vivid it was impossible to miss them.
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The last thing I expected to find during a March walk in the woods was fungi! These are so vivid it was impossible to miss them.
A nice cheery sight, Ralph, but not Orange Peel Fungus which tends to be orange (not intended as a pun) and grows on disturbed ground. This is Scarlet Elf Cup Sarcoscypha austriaca.
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There are quite a few fungi still around. A walk in any woodland will reveal them. Now is a good time as the weather is improving.
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A nice cheery site, Ralph, but not Orange Peel Fungus which tends to be orange (not intended as a pun) and grows on disturbed ground. This is Scarlet Elf Cup Sarcoscypha austriaca.
Thanks Chris, relabeling photos now...
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I've just noticed and changed site to sight (although either seems to work). ::)
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The charcoal burner, Russula cyanoxantha img.277. Dryads saddle, Polyporus squamosus, img.278. Hymenochaete rubiginosa img. 279.
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Lycoperdon echinatum img.09 305. Moor club? Clavaria argillacea img. 09 137.
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Looks good for Clavaria argillacea, Ian.
It's going to be a topsy turvy year with all this rain, you have already found species which are generally regarded as autumn fruiting.
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They are old photos Chris.
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A morel img. 288.
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Autumn mushrooms from the family Helvellaceae:
Gyromitra infula and Helvella crispa
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Autumn mushrooms from the family Helvellaceae:
Gyromitra infula and Helvella crispa
Nice to see, Natalia. Gyromitra infula is rarely recorded in the UK.
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Thank you, Chris
Gyromitra infula - the usual mushroom in our forests, we collect it. Very tasty, if it is to roast with sour cream.
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Thank you, Chris
Gyromitra infula - the usual mushroom in our forests, we collect it. Very tasty, if it is to roast with sour cream.
I thought Gyromitras were considered to be toxic and not edible.
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David, I can not say about the edibility this mushroom species worldwide.
According to the literature, these mushrooms in Germany are toxic. But the same kind of mushrooms in Russia consider conditionally edible - ie first boil in a large volume of water, water is drained and then fry with sour cream or cream.
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Here a beautifully green fungus. Clitocybe odora.
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Here a beautifully green fungus. Clitocybe odora.
Always pleased to see fungi on the forum, Fred, but think you have a Stropharia in your images.
Clitocybe tend to have dry caps and decurrent (running down the stipe) gills.
Yours are clearly viscid and have the remains of a veil (white flecks) on the cap and cap-rim. I think they are either Stropharia caerulea or possibly Stropharia aeruginosa
A nice find.
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Indeed, it looks more like Stropharia caerulea. Thanks for the help. For two years they grow at home. Last year in the new hedge with hardwood mulch grinding and Thuya mixed. This year in bed for bulbs in the front of the house. annual mulch of dead leaves and grass mower pickup.
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I'm wondering if this is a slime mould appearing on my grass and rocks?
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Ann, this reminds me of an old movie that I watched as a child. This had impressed me. What were extraterrestrial cells that multiplied to colonize humans to digest. :o If I can give you advice ... Get out. Quick. ;D
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Fred:
"The Blob:
Cult classic with Steve McQueen.
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Yes, in this case it is the beige variety. The classic is pink ... No luck. ::)
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I'm wondering if this is a slime mould appearing on my grass and rocks?
Hi Anne,
Yes, all slime moulds and probably the same species which has the charming name of Dog Sick Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea).
A study area in its own right and not one I have given much time too, mainly because they are mostly associated with decaying wood, which is a scarce commodity out here.
They are not fungi but part of the Phylum: Amoebozoa. However, they are regarded as honorary fungi, just a fungi were regarded as honorary plants for well over 200 years before they had their own Kingdom.
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A strange blue fungus img. 0003.
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A strange blue fungus img. 0003.
Green Elfcup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens). The mycelium is often see as a blue/green 'stain' on decaying wood, but the fruiting-bodies less so.
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Thanks Chris.
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Hi Anne,
Yes, all slime moulds and probably the same species which has the charming name of Dog Sick Slime Mould (Mucilago crustacea).
A study area in its own right and not one I have given much time too, mainly because they are mostly associated with decaying wood, which is a scarce commodity out here.
They are not fungi but part of the Phylum: Amoebozoa. However, they are regarded as honorary fungi, just a fungi were regarded as honorary plants for well over 200 years before they had their own Kingdom.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the common name, which is very appropriate! And the advice about aliens... :P
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Hi Fred:
Not to beat a dead blob but I think the original movie was in black and white.
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Some mushrooms that I do not know (already seen but not names)
1) and 2) Of the rest of birch roots.
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3) On the trunk of an older Prunus.
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4) On a stump Douglas
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The first one should be Coprinopsis atramentaria evil with alcohol.
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Some mushrooms that I do not know (already seen but not names)
Hi Fred
1. Common Inkcap (Coprinopsis atramentaria)
2. Another inkcap gone over (maybe the same species)
3. Probably Phlebia tremellosa
4. Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor)
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Hi Chris and Axel,
The first and second sound of the same species, for sure even if the picture is ugly. they grow to 20 cm apart.
I photograph instantly. At home it is twilight
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Another by the light of the flash. I can photograph in daylight if you want.
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Another by the light of the flash. I can photograph in daylight if you want.
This is Glistening Inkcap Coprinellus Micaceus, Fred.
When young they have tiny flecks of mica on the cap surface, hence the common name. They grow with decaying wood so I assume there is an old stump or maybe mulch nearby?
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They are in fact next to a pailli area of wood chips. At the same time, they are in the area of Betulus alba of roots that died.
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Sounds ideal.
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A Lycoperdon? on a dry track on peat img. 1020113.
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A Lycoperdon? on a dry track on peat img. 1020113.
Indeed. I would say Grassland Puffball Lycoperdon lividum, given the dry acidic conditions. It's quite tolerant of acidic and calcareous soils.
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Candle snuffer? img. 11020176.
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Candle snuffer? img. 11020176.
Yes, Xylaria hypoxylon.