Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Palustris on September 28, 2018, 08:56:42 PM
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Anyone put a name to this for me?
TIA
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This is a Rollrim Paxillus involutus (recently split into several species).
Because it's old it's not showing a more typical shape. As fungi age the caps grow outwards and upwards giving the appearance of a funnel (Tricholomataceae), but you can still see the rolled edge to the cap and the dense gill structure.
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Doesn't Auntie Bessie's make those? ;D
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Thank you. A nice poisonous fungus from the garden. Odd that it is described as a woodland species, especially on Birch on acid heathland. These were in grass, in neutral soil and not a birch in sight.
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Thank you. A nice poisonous fungus from the garden. Odd that it is described as a woodland species, especially on Birch on acid heathland. These were in grass, in neutral soil and not a birch in sight.
One of the reasons it has been split into several species is the habitat requirement, but microscopy is required to sort them.
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Still, many thanks. We seem to be getting a lot of different fungus coming up this year. Not complaining about the Giant puffballs though!