very small cup on beech

[CloudedYellow]

Can anyone please help me with this tiny cup fungus found today under a rotting beech log whilst enjoying the company of FungJohn.



Richard

[CapAndBracket]

Lachnum virgineum may be worth considering.

Cheers J.P.

[cybershot]

Pipped me to the post!

[CloudedYellow]

That was quick, thank you both.

[FungiJohn]

Remember this one too Richard?



John

[BamBam]

Hi Richard

re the disco...I maybe way off but how about Lachnum brevipilosum?

Good Day BTW

Vicky

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by BamBam

Hi Richard

re the disco...I maybe way off but how about Lachnum brevipilosum?

Good Day BTW

Vicky

Hi Vicky

You have a good point there. I named my images Lachnum virgineum and not Lachnum brevipilosum ... I can't remember the diffrences

John

[CapAndBracket]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hi Vicky

You have a good point there. I named my images Lachnum virgineum and not Lachnum brevipilosum ... I can't remember the diffrences

John

I seem to remember it was partly substrate, but L.virgineum has a more noticable stem, then it's down to microscope.

Cheers J.P.

[BamBam]

I could well be wrong but I always associated virgineum with beech mast and smaller plant matter like bramble and that brevipilosum was more to be found on deadwood, which was definitely where we encountered this on Saturday.

But you are right JP we could only be certain with a microscope.

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hi Vicky

You have a good point there. I named my images Lachnum virgineum and not Lachnum brevipilosum ... I can't remember the diffrences

John

Agree with you Vicky.

Jordan makes the distinction between the substrates and ours is much more likely to be L. brevilosum. The pictures in Jordan and the Swiss book of Lachnum virgineum are similar and suggest it is more cup shaped than L. brevilosum. L. brevilosum is not in the Swiss book but pictures on WAB and elsewhere resemble our find much more closely. But, of course, pictures are not diagnostic in themselves.

Thanks

Richard

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Remember this one too Richard?



John

This is the polypore Physisporinus sanguinolentus John

Don't understand the connection with the Lachnum in question in this thread ??

Nick

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by mykonik

This is the polypore Physisporinus sanguinolentus John

Don't understand the connection with the Lachnum in question in this thread ??

Nick

Hi Nick,

The connection is that the Lachnum sp. was taken on the same foray. I did not photograph the Physisporinus sanguinolentus as I did not think we would get an ID. John thought we would - he was right!

Thank you

Richard