Fungi id please.

[agrumpycow]

I hope this is a fungi or I'm making myself look like a fool
It was prevalent on the mossy floor of pine forests in Perthshire last week.

[flaxton]

Hi
Although I have never seen it myself I think it could be Arrhenia acerosa.

Mal

[NickCantle]

Any Arrhenia is a lovely find I love their structure- same with Omphalina, Rickinella and the teeny Clitocybe.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

I hope this is a fungi or I'm making myself look like a fool
It was prevalent on the mossy floor of pine forests in Perthshire last week.

Well, I would also have said that this was an Arrhenia at first sight but then I noticed that the 'frond' in the upper left hand side of the picture has rhizoids on the underside, so it's a lichen, probably some kind of Peltigera?

Nick

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by mykonik

so it's a lichen, probably some kind of Peltigera?

I would agree - maybe Peltigera membrancacea

[agrumpycow]

Many thanks for the replies.
It's something I haven't come across before, are they only found in specific habitats?

[NickCantle]

The funny thing is, they are found in the same habitat as Arrhenia, Omphalina and Rickinella Damp, peaty and mossy ground seems to be the favoured habitat.

Nick

[Fungus Ken]

It's certainly a Peltigera, and one with a tomentose upper surface to the thallus. However, without details of the shape of the rhizoids and the apothecia it's very difficult to narrow it down to species.

The different species have different habitat requirements but both P. hymenina and P. membranacea, for example, are very common in damp grassland.

Ken