Fungi at Lyme Park, Cheshire

[mike_s]

Hi there

Was out at Lyme Park today - number of finds disappointing given the large number of aged oak, beech and pines there. Maybe needs a few more weeks?

Here's some of the few finds

Ganoderma applanatum?



This one was in grassland, help with ID appreciated



Under coniferous trees (not larch) so Suillus luteus perhaps



By the same trees as the Suillus sp



Thanks

Mike

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by mike_s

Hi there

Was out at Lyme Park today - number of finds disappointing given the large number of aged oak, beech and pines there. Maybe needs a few more weeks?

Here's some of the few finds

Ganoderma applanatum?



This one was in grassland, help with ID appreciated



Under coniferous trees (not larch) so Suillus luteus perhaps



By the same trees as the Suillus sp



Thanks

Mike

Hello Mike

The Ganoderma could be G. applanatum but could also be G. australe - it's immature and you need to look at the spores to distinguish between them.

The second one is an Entoloma sp. - inderteminate without microscopy.

The third is Suillus grevillei - there may have been larch nearby at one time - the fungal mycelium can keep going for quite a while after the tree hosts have gone ! S. luteus has a very much darker brown cap and is associated with pine.

The fouth is Collybia confluens - usually a woodland species but will grow occasionally in grassy area near to trees, including conifers.

I used to go to Lyme Park a lot in the 1990's - a brilliant place for fungi, especially the grassland Hygrocybes !

Nick

[mike_s]

Hi Nick

Thanks for your expertise, I am learning a lot

Comparing to some photos of the Larch Bolete (which were definitely under larch) which I took in the Lakes last year it does look very similar, just didn't make the connection in this case.

I have NT membership so will make regular visits to LP this Autumn as it's near to where I live

More finds today...a near white Leccinum sp in my father-in-law's front garden under a silver Birch. Will try to ID and post a picture in due course

Mike

[KeenTeen17]

I remember a story about lyme park. I was looking for fly agaric and scsrlet waxcaps.

at a wishing well, i wished i would see fly agaric - in the gardens at the top i found fly agaric! it didn't have any spots left on it though

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by mike_s

Hi Nick

Thanks for your expertise, I am learning a lot

Comparing to some photos of the Larch Bolete (which were definitely under larch) which I took in the Lakes last year it does look very similar, just didn't make the connection in this case.

I have NT membership so will make regular visits to LP this Autumn as it's near to where I live

More finds today...a near white Leccinum sp in my father-in-law's front garden under a silver Birch. Will try to ID and post a picture in due course

Mike

You are welcome Mike - but do stick with Lyme Park - although I havn't been since the early 1990's It's imprinted on my memory as a really wonderful place for fungi - as I said, especially the grassland Hygrocybe sp. - quantities of bright tomato-red Hygrocybe splendidissima (for instance) like you have never seen !

Nick