Unidentified fungi from Longshaw estate

[FungiJohn]

I visited the Longshaw estate near Fox House in Derbyshire on Saturday. Apart from its magnificent variety of rare waxcaps it also contains many other species … even more than Clumber Park! It was an excellent day for a good variety of fungi.

These three were found on grass in mixed woodland. The first species was found at the base of scots pine, indeed most of the pines had at least a dozen around their base.







Any help much appreciated

John

[Leif]

1) Not sure, but Collybia peronata comes to mind. The base does not have much white mycelium though.
2) It's an Entoloma, but there are a few similar ones, such as E. surrulatum. I don't think it is E. serrulatum though as it lacks black striations on the gill edges.
3) Not sure, but Pholiota gummosa is similar, though it does not look quite right to me.

[fairplay]

Hi John,

Could possibly be Gymnopilus dilepis but caps are a bit on the pale side,
second shot is an Entoloma sp, and no clue with the third !

Neil.


P.S. Forget my silly first guess, now I've checked it up the stems are the wrong colour.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

I visited the Longshaw estate near Fox House in Derbyshire on Saturday. Apart from its magnificent variety of rare waxcaps it also contains many other species … even more than Clumber Park! It was an excellent day for a good variety of fungi.

These three were found on grass in mixed woodland. The first species was found at the base of scots pine, indeed most of the pines had at least a dozen around their base.







Any help much appreciated

John

Hello John

The three things are..............

1. Is Collybia peronata actually (as suggested by Leif) - these are just young 'stout' basidiomes - it does frequently grow under conifers and the lamellae are this yellowish colour when young. THe fuzz at the base of the stipe isn't always apparent either !

2. Entoloma sp. - possibly E. anatinum but impossible to name these small bluish grassland taxa convincingly from a photograph.

3. Can only be Pholiota lenta with that stipe wreathed in rings of scales - but the cap surface should be thickly glutinous, with the scales floating in the gluten. These look somewhat dried out to me !

Nick

[FungiJohn]

Thanks everyone

I'm quite surprised by the Wood Wooly-Foot - Collybia peronata. I suppose most I've found previously were mature 'duller' specimens. Here's another image showing the spiny stem base.



Thanks again - John

[cybershot]

Another good shot (with slightly differing colour) for the A to Z John (see Wood Woollyfoot - Collybia peronata)

David

PS The links appear to be disabled - sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't - I blame the use of the common name preference in the WAB Reference

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Another good shot (with slightly differing colour) for the A to Z John (see Wood Woollyfoot - Collybia peronata)

David

PS The links appear to be disabled - sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't - I blame the use of the common name preference in the WAB Reference

Thanks David. The colour difference was quite dramatic with these species. I was continually going back to groups to confirm they were the same type

I know what you mean about the links

John

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Thanks everyone

I'm quite surprised by the Wood Wooly-Foot - Collybia peronata. I suppose most I've found previously were mature 'duller' specimens. Here's another image showing the spiny stem base.



Thanks again - John

Hi John, your pictures depict quite vibrant and fairly stout examples of C. peronota, must be getting fed well on the Longshaw Estate. When I first saw the pics C. peronota was my first thought but the characteristics outlined above, did get me thinking I must admit.

Andy

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Andy Overall

Hi John, your pictures depict quite vibrant and fairly stout examples of C. peronota, must be getting fed well on the Longshaw Estate. When I first saw the pics C. peronota was my first thought but the characteristics outlined above, did get me thinking I must admit.

Andy

Hi Andy

I can only put it down to the recent heavy rain the day before. The vibrant colours just confused me.

btw I also have a 'vibrant' yellow russula which is probably Russula ochroleuca but I just daren't upload it!! Good food indeed

John

[Leif]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Thanks everyone

I'm quite surprised by the Wood Wooly-Foot - Collybia peronata. I suppose most I've found previously were mature 'duller' specimens. Here's another image showing the spiny stem base.



Thanks again - John

I suspect your camera is somewhat exaggerating the colours i.e. a bit more saturated than natural. But the above photo shows the typical hairy stipe base well.