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Originally Posted by Nettle Runner  Anston Stones Wood 1 July 2008
I had just over an hour in the Stones, searching a small clearing under mainly beech trees (I was looking for more Lactarius  ) and found a few I am getting familiar with, and two unknowns. 
Polyporus leptocephalus 
Auricularia auricular-judae (I am not 100% with this one, as there were so many on one log)   
An unknown. Cap 20mm Stem 20 x 2mm Smell none No Milk not brittle On wood 
Scutellinia scutellata (I thought it unusual to find this on soil)  
Marasmius rotula (I could not resist such a nice group)  
Unknown. Found growing amongst moss, but it was attached to a twig.
Cap 20mm Stem 60 x 1.5mm Smell none
Your comments and observations welcomed
Les |
Hello Les,
My comments re: your photographs..................
1. Yes -
Polyporus leptocephalus as you suggest.
2. Yes -
Auricularia auricula-judae, as sugested (a mixture of mature and immature basidiomes but please note the photo is upside down !)
3,4,5 - Interesting - A collybioid agaric, possibly a species of
Collybia itself but difficult to say from a photo - you say it had no smell which rules out
Micromphale. This could be sent to Kew if you collected the material and there was more than one specimen !
The only thing I though was that it could be
Collybia erythropus (very young) but the stipe is very dark coloured and that still doesn't feel quite right !
6.
Scutellinia sp. - there are several species in this genus, and can't be told apart without microscopy.
7, 8 -
Marasmius rotula as you say
9, 10 - Also interesting - I think that this is a species of
Entoloma growing amongst Calluna vulgaris by the look of it - but could not say which species, without microscopy [like all of this genus, impossible to name to species without microscopy - and even then extremely difficult !] - another one that Kew might accept if you collected the material. But if there was only ONE specimen I wouldn't bother since 'singletons' are usually no use as herbarium material.
Nick
