Re-verification needed please

[cybershot]

Doing some editing in the A to Z recently brought the ID of this species into question:



Can any body help verify this as Lenzites betulinus or Trichaptum abietinum

TIA

David

[Alantb]

David;
Despite the purplish edges it looks like Lenzites to me, with those lamellate pores; there is a good pic of Trichaptum abietinum here, quite different underneath from the specimen portrayed:-
<<http://mycologie.catalogne.free.fr/ImagePagePhoto/Trichaptum_abietinum.jpg>>
Cheers, Alan

[cybershot]

Thanks for the steer and no doubt all will soon be resolved. I'm still leaning to Lenzites too.

David

[Fungus Ken]

Yes. I agree. The lamellate hymenium is quite clear in this larger version of the photo...

... which is another justification for having larger photos in the A-Z Gallery.

Ken

PS And I've just checked again in the A-Z and the lamellate hymenium is not at all clear at the scale of the picture in the Gallery, which rather misses one of the characters essential to identifying this species.

[cybershot]

Originally Posted by Fungus Ken

Yes. I agree. The lamellate hymenium is quite clear in this larger version of the photo...

... which is another justification for having larger photos in the A-Z Gallery.

Ken

PS And I've just checked again in the A-Z and the lamellate hymenium is not at all clear at the scale of the picture in the Gallery, which rather misses one of the characters essential to identifying this species.

Good point Ken, John has indicated that we can have larger images in the A to Z, and this proves it's highly desirable.

David

[cybershot]

Another casualty of the recent A to Z amendment exercise was this one;




Can anyone provide a steer to its true indentity?

David

[Alantb]

Ok I'll stick my neck out - it could be a very dry Cortinarius, Telamonia group?
But don't bet the housekeeping on it!
Alan

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Thanks for the steer and no doubt all will soon be resolved. I'm still leaning to Lenzites too.

David

Hi David - I would agree 100% that this is Lenzites betuilinus !

Nick

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Another casualty of the recent A to Z amendment exercise was this one;




Can anyone provide a steer to its true indentity?

David

I'd go for a Hypholoma species [possibly H. lateritium] - basidiomes go like this when they start to grow, then get starved of moisture hence the growth is retarded and then regain the moisture supply - hence they start to regrow but the hyphae damaged by the 'drought' are not able to function properly, their integrity is lost and they break (hence the splitting of the cap surface !)


Nick