Woodchip Fungi ID please

[alexhitchmough]

Hello guys

Just found this growing on a pile of wood chipping that have been piled up in my local woodland for the last few weeks. From 10 feet away I thought I'd found my first Death Cap, but on closer inspection it had brown gills But it does look very strange, could that be due to growing on wood chips?

I guess this has to be Amanita species but nothing appears to fit for me. Any ideas?


Habitat: Sycamore chipping from forest clearing work a couple of weeks ago
Cap: 8cm, olive brown shiny, cap doesn't peel, 1cm thick
Gills: Brown, crowded, adnate
Stem: 11cm x 8mm, no ridges on ring, fine line running along
Spores: They look look brown at this stage, more details to follow

thanks
Alex

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by alexhitchmough

Hello guys

Just found this growing on a pile of wood chipping that have been piled up in my local woodland for the last few weeks. From 10 feet away I thought I'd found my first Death Cap, but on closer inspection it had brown gills But it does look very strange, could that be due to growing on wood chips?

I guess this has to be Amanita species but nothing appears to fit for me. Any ideas?


Habitat: Sycamore chipping from forest clearing work a couple of weeks ago
Cap: 8cm, olive brown shiny, cap doesn't peel, 1cm thick
Gills: Brown, crowded, adnate
Stem: 11cm x 8mm, no ridges on ring, fine line running along
Spores: They look look brown at this stage, more details to follow

thanks
Alex

Hi Alex

It looks very much like the dreaded Agrocybe praecox! One I always seem to slip up on

John

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hi Alex

It looks very much like the dreaded Agrocybe praecox! One I always seem to slip up on

John

But not this time John - looks like it to me as well - not Agrocybe rivulosa (for a change !) since lacking the distinctive rivulose pileus of that species !

Nick

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by mykonik

But not this time John - looks like it to me as well - not Agrocybe rivulosa (for a change !) since lacking the distinctive rivulose pileus of that species !

Nick

Thanks Nick. I'm off to celebrate over a pint

John

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by mykonik

But not this time John - looks like it to me as well - not Agrocybe rivulosa (for a change !) since lacking the distinctive rivulose pileus of that species !

Nick

Just looked up the term rivulose - to have thin, winding lines.
I hadn't realisied that A. rivulosa's name was derived from that.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by CloudedYellow

Just looked up the term rivulose - to have thin, winding lines.
I hadn't realisied that A. rivulosa's name was derived from that.

Oh, the magic of Latin derivations Richard !!

But I expect that some P.C committee member will come along and 'christen' it with some poxy 'English' name quite soon 'cus we 'are all too ignorant' to go and look something like that up, like you just did !!!

Perhaps 'Channelled' or 'Runnelled' Dapperling' would be appropriate

Nick

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by CloudedYellow

Just looked up the term rivulose - to have thin, winding lines.
I hadn't realisied that A. rivulosa's name was derived from that.

Nick keeps going on about the pointless English names when we already have a good description of the specimen in its Latin name All you have to do now is learn Latin

Mal

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Nick keeps going on about the pointless English names when we already have a good description of the specimen in its Latin name All you have to do now is learn Latin

Mal

It's not so much the 'latin' names (think scientific is a better term than latin) that gets me. It's their pronunciation!

Richard

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by CloudedYellow

It's not so much the 'latin' names (think scientific is a better term than latin) that gets me. It's their pronunciation!

Richard

Scientific it is especially as I think some of the derivations are Greek

[alexhitchmough]

Gratias ago vos sulum

That's another to add to my list. Somebody should have warned me how addictive mycology can be!

Alex