ID please!

[Cazzie]

Found these lovely fungi at Malham Tarn last week. Would I be correct (although probably not) in thinking they are St. Georges Mushrooms Calocybe gambosa





Thankies!

[sarah64]

Hey Cazzie, I don't know if these are St Georges. I have read somewhere that they can come out in November but I've never seen them at this time of year. Did you manage to get a whiff of them? St Georges - once smelt, never forgotten - have a very distinctive smell which is described as mealy.

[Cazzie]

*smacks head* No! I keep forgetting to sniff them lol!

[chazzpott]

They dont look like St Georges to me. C.gambosa has white gills and spores, and the cap margin is usually inrolled. I have never encountered them this late in the year. But what with climate change. Who knows
Happy foraging

[Leif]

Definitely not St George's Mushroom, which as far as I know only occurs in the Spring. The deadly poisonous Entoloma sinuatum is similar, and occurs in the Autumn.

Anyway, I cannot even nail the specimen in question to a specific genus. A species that comes to mind is Hebeloma senescens, but that is no more than a wild guess, and most probably well off. Without more details, I cannot say.

Check out FungiJohn's notes on photographing fungi to reveal details. You should find them very useful.

[Fungus Ken]

It could be Leucopaxillus giganteus but that's a guess.

Ken

[Cazzie]

Heck this fungi ID'ing isn't easy is it!

Thanks for your replies