Fungi in my local park

[Fungus Ken]

Here are a couple of finds from my local park on Saturday.

I'll let everyone have a guess at this one:



They were growing in profusion on soil covered with wood chips. I'm not sure the wood chips are significant though.

The one below was a Parasola growing in a lawn, so may well be P. plicatilis. I have some spores but haven't had time to check them yet.



I also found a specimen of Laetiporus sulphureus growing on an oak tree in the same vicinity. So not bad for a quick walk with the dog.

Ken

[Stewy]

Total stab in the dark at Helvella leucomelaena Ken..........

[Fungus Ken]

No it's not a Helvella. Not with the distinctive smell it had.

Ken

[NickCantle]

Disciotis venosa perchance?

[Fungus Ken]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Disciotis venosa perchance?

That was my conclusion.

I've never found it around here before and all the specimens were in nice neat cups, not like the images I have in my books. But all the important characters were there, and the smell was unmistakeable. Without prompting my wife said she thought is smelt of bleach or chlorine (and she's usually really bad at identifying smells).

Ken

[Stewy]

Tazzetta scotica ? What the hell do I know............

[NickCantle]

When the literature fails you, bring out the wife

[Fungus Ken]

Originally Posted by Stewy

Tazzetta scotica ? What the hell do I know............

I should have said that the largest specimens were up to 12 cm in diameter. So these were big cups, and thick-fleshed. Tarzetta would be a lot smaller and thinner-fleshed.

Ken

[Leif]

Originally Posted by Fungus Ken

That was my conclusion.

I've never found it around here before and all the specimens were in nice neat cups, not like the images I have in my books. But all the important characters were there, and the smell was unmistakeable. Without prompting my wife said she thought is smelt of bleach or chlorine (and she's usually really bad at identifying smells).

Ken

You can't argue with the smell. I would never have guessed Disciotis venosa as the shape is so atypical! And on wood too is well odd, it is always on soil (heavy) in Beds, Herts, Bucks and Cambs.

[fairplay]

Ken, when you say all the important charactors were there, did you mean it checked out under the scope ?

This certainly would have had me stumped as I sometimes only decide to have a wiff as an afterthought !!

I've only seen this once before, as a 6 inch wrinkled pancake flat on the ground.

Neil.