Unidentified Fungi

WhiskyBottle · #1 (**permalink**) 24-10-2007, 08:20 PM

Can anyone help with this one. It's very small as can be seen from the moss. Growing on a stump in a woodland.

Thanks

Martin

jcd123 · #2 (**permalink**) 24-10-2007, 08:33 PM

Hi

Havent a clue but just wanted to say nice photo

John

Leif · #3 (**permalink**) 24-10-2007, 09:34 PM

It's a Mycena. There are a few small ones that could match. One such is M. pseudocorticola, which grows on bark. (I believe 'corticola' means something like 'bark loving'.) There are others.

Ruxowl · #4 (**permalink**) 28-10-2007, 08:52 PM

Really nice photo not seen these before, but sorry can't help with id

WhiskyBottle · #5 (**permalink**) 30-10-2007, 10:22 PM

Is Mycena pseudocorticola a UK species? My Collins Field Guild doesn't list UK in it's range.

Leif · #6 (**permalink**) 30-10-2007, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiskyBottle

Is Mycena pseudocorticola a UK species? My Collins Field Guild doesn't list UK in it's range.

Yes, but rare. I supplied some to Kew on request. I have found it at two sites in the south of England. It tends to grow in large numbers on the bark of trees sometimes with moss and lichen.

If you had ever seen the Fungi of Switzerland books, you might guess that there are far more macro-fungi in the UK than most books can list.

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