Unknown fungi

[flaxton]

Had a good day today. Mycena acicula and speirea

and another which might be rubromaginata but has the wrong cystidia

This one growing in the cut grass track is also a problem. It is about 2" tall and has a viscus cap.


Any thoughts?
Thanks
Mal

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Had a good day today. Mycena acicula and speirea

and another which might be rubromaginata but has the wrong cystidia

This one growing in the cut grass track is also a problem. It is about 2" tall and has a viscus cap.


Any thoughts?
Thanks
Mal

An Agrocybe possibly Mal ? Can't be more help than that !

Nick

[flaxton]

Thanks Nick
It is a perfect match for Agrocybe gibberosa in B&K with just a hint of veil remnants but this is now synonymised with praecox with any differences put down to differing ecology

Ah well back to the Mycena or some of the Ascos

Mal

[CapAndBracket]

a P.tuberaster, and this Marasmius



Glad of a few myxomycetes,

Cheers J.P.

[flaxton]

Its not surprising we sometimes have trouble with identification when we are told that the species here is the same as this





Mal

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

a P.tuberaster, and this Marasmius



Glad of a few myxomycetes,

Cheers J.P.

Hi JP

I saw that you had this Marasmius down as M. androsaceus, the 'Horse Hair Fungus' on account of it's stipe literally being 'filiform' (hair-like) and jet black !

So, from the look of it this isn't M. androsaceus (which is usually found in troops on old conifer needles and on dead stems of heathers such as Calluna or less commonly Erica) but something more interesting - the stipe is bi-coloured, being pale at the apex and reddish-brown further down which would tend to indicate that this is M. cohaerens or M. torquescens - without microscopy I'd go for the latter, as Marasmius cf. torquescens. [cf. = 'compare with']

Not hugely uncommon but often passed over due to the small size.

Nick

[CapAndBracket]

Originally Posted by mykonik

Hi JP

I saw that you had this Marasmius down as M. androsaceus, the 'Horse Hair Fungus' on account of it's stipe literally being 'filiform' (hair-like) and jet black !

So, from the look of it this isn't M. androsaceus (which is usually found in troops on old conifer needles and on dead stems of heathers such as Calluna or less commonly Erica) but something more interesting - the stipe is bi-coloured, being pale at the apex and reddish-brown further down which would tend to indicate that this is M. cohaerens or M. torquescens - without microscopy I'd go for the latter, as Marasmius cf. torquescens. [cf. = 'compare with']

Not hugely uncommon but often passed over due to the small size.

Nick

You da man nick, and i am grateful for the assistance with these difficult species i seem to find. i did think it a little short and the stype a little thick but plumped for choice on time of year.

Now the difficult part (for me), it lookded even less like the M.coharens which looks ligthter colour and heavier build.

M.torquescens isn't in phillips

Anyway i've just popped it in a damp chamber to be suple in the morning
and will see what i can make of it under the scope

Note: the photo could be used in a count the ants competition, think my
scale stuck in their nest.

Cheers J.P.

[CapAndBracket]

Bit of a failure this morning, did get the photo of gills, but couldn't find
an spores.

Cheers J.P.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Had a good day today. Mycena acicula and speirea
and another which might be rubromaginata but has the wrong cystidia

Mal

The "rubromaginata" was confirmed as purpureofusca





The overall purple in the photo threw me. Although it was not actually quite that deep it did look more like I would have expected for haematopus.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by flaxton

The "rubromaginata" was confirmed as purpureofusca





The overall purple in the photo threw me. Although it was not actually quite that deep it did look more like I would have expected for haematopus.

Very well spotted Mal - hope it's in Kew !

Very rare !! [or should I say 'very rarely identified' ?]

Nick