Fungi & Lichen ID

[davebutterflyman]

Hopefully so Jen.

[Deleted]

i've been on the lookout for this one for several years now, and finally found some a while ago
Taphrini alni that grows on Alder catkins

[davebutterflyman]

That's a great find Ashgale and excellent photos as well.

We run something called a fungi photography challenge where we try and capture as many species of fungi throughout the year and then add the photographs on a separate thread.

Firstly we ask members to check the updated species list to see whether they have a species that is eligible to add.

Species List

Then we ask members to post their photos on the screening thread

Screening Thread

Once you have been given clearance to add your photo, you can add it to the photography challenge.

Fungi Photography Challenge

Just in case you wanted to participate, your Taphrini alni would be eligible to add.

[brianf]

Taken on 8th June in Diss, south Norfolk. Not a very clear image, and perhaps too 'mature' for an i.d. (perhaps in the Coprinus family?)

[davebutterflyman]

Hi Brian.

Tricky without being able to inspect the closer but i agree with your id and they are likely to be Coprinopsis lagopus.

[brianf]

Thanks Dave

[davebutterflyman]

Ok Brian.

[earthdragon64]

I've a couple for ID help if possible.  The 1st is a Waxcap, it was about 2.5cm in diameter and growing very close to the ground in sheep/deer grazed grassland.  As it was the only one I could see, I didn't want to uproot it.




I think this one is Plums and Custard - Tricholomopsis rutilans, but I'd appreciate a 2nd opinion. It also was the only group around so I didn't want to disturb it.

[davebutterflyman]

Looks good for Tricholomopsis rutilans Audrey but i won't be able to do the waxcap unfortunately without gills and stem photos.

[earthdragon64]

That's ok Dave, shame they're both a couple of days too early for the Autumn Spotting Challenge! I'll put the Plums and Custard on the photo challenge screening thread though.

[davebutterflyman]

Thanks Audrey.

[earthdragon64]

I'm a bit undecided with this group of fungi. I think I've got them mixed up, probably through not writing things down in my notebook correctly. Are they Fairy Inkcap - Coprinus disseminatus, or Glistening Inkcap - Coprinus micaceus?

There's a photo of a single one and of a group, they were growing as a group on a stump.

[davebutterflyman]

Correct with the second one Audrey, Coprinus micaceus.

[earthdragon64]

Thanks Dave, that's great.

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i would agree with micaceus, there are a few similar ones, like atramentarius or sylvaticus etc, but they lack the shiny mica like specks on the cap,
and disseminatus is much smaller altogether,

[geoff]

These are uncertain for me.

Boletus or Leccinum sp ?

[geoff]

Not sure about these with white undersides.

[geoff]

Boletus rubellus possibly?



The others look a bit tricky ! But When I sort out some photos I will upload some which might be identifiable to family level. In most cases the spore prints were an indecisive white which may not help.

[Deleted]

i would say your first three are all Leccinum scabrum/Brown Birch Bolete,

and the last one could possibly be a Suillus species, like S.granulatus or something similar,

cutting the stems and cap can give good clues to some species as they change colour (or not) sometimes almost immediately or after some time has passed,

a bit confused with the with spore prints though, as most (if not all) boletes etc, have varying shades of brown on a spore print ?

[geoff]

The spore prints relate to some tricky looking individuals which I am about to upload not the previous images.

Thanks for the help; and here come some more from the same day.