Fungus 2014

[Roma]

Toadstools have been amazing here this year.  I photographed a lot in September but have not got round to resizing and posting.
These were pictured last week at the base of a Chamaecyparis in my brother's garden next door.

[Chris Johnson]

Nice images, Roma. It's an astonishing late autumn for fungi.

These are most likely to be Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis. The edges turn upwards as they get old.

Chris

[Peter Maguire]

A new species on our front lawn at present; I'm calling it Hygrocybe nivea, the Snowy Waxcap, but I'm prepared to be proved wrong!

Note that I'm also referring to the area in front of the house as a 'lawn' as there is evidence of a few blades of grass amongst the moss. 

[Chris Johnson]

A new species on our front lawn at present; I'm calling it Hygrocybe nivea, the Snowy Waxcap, but I'm prepared to be proved wrong!

Note that I'm also referring to the area in front of the house as a 'lawn' as there is evidence of a few blades of grass amongst the moss. 

Hi Peter

Yes, Hygrocybe nivea.

If you had a 'real' treated lawn, you certainly wouldn't be getting waxcaps.

Chris

[Peter Maguire]

Thanks Chris.

If you had a 'real' treated lawn, you certainly wouldn't be getting waxcaps

Life's too short to be fussing about over lawns. 

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Chris.
Life's too short to be fussing about over lawns. 

Couldn't agree more - and your "patch" is, at least  green- so that's  good enough for me for it to be called a lawn!

[Maggi Young]

The President of the Pacific Bulb Society, Nhu Nguyen,  has a wide interest in other plants too - and here's some proof ( if any were needed!) in this article about a new mushroom, discovered on the UC Berkeley campus, which  is the first since 1985 - http://phys.org/news/2014-11-mushroom-campus.html -leading to a call from its discoverers for more green space on campuses and a  full listing of N. American fungus species.

[Chris Johnson]

Not sure how you find all these gems, Maggi. 

It's generally accepted that life as we know it wouldn't exist without fungi; a grossly under-recorded taxon, and under-funded of course.

Chris

[johnralphcarpenter]

Found the Death Cap, Amanita phalloides, growing in a wood near Rolvenden, Kent today. Fortunately quite rare! And no, we didn't touch it!