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27-08-2008, 09:23 PM
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| | | Some fungi to be Id if possible :)
Hello
This 1st one I found in my garden today and I think it might be hygrocybe? maybe.   
This second one I saw under a beech tree and I have no idea    
I am a total beginner so any suggestions on how I should take pics would be appreciated and also is there anything else I should be doing?
Thanks in advance
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27-08-2008, 09:30 PM
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| | | re: Some fungi to be Id if possible :)
Evening toad,
Your first one is as you say a Hygrocybe, in particular Hygrocybe conica commonly known as the Blackening Waxcap. You can see the darkening of the flesh starting to happen in your second picture. There is a dark mark on the umbo.
Your second one is an immature Bolete, but I don't know which.
To get the most information on the fungi as is possible at the time is an important thing. Smell, taste in some circumstances all comes in handy. Size is important too. As for photographing fungi, see Fungijohn's stunning guide on photographing this excellent subject. I'm having trouble finding it at the mo, but i'll link you when i do find it.
Nick |
27-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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| | | re: Some fungi to be Id if possible :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by NickCantle  Evening toad,
Your first one is as you say a Hygrocybe, in particular Hygrocybe conica commonly known as the Blackening Waxcap. You can see the darkening of the flesh starting to happen in your second picture. There is a dark mark on the umbo.
Your second one is an immature Bolete, but I don't know which.
To get the most information on the fungi as is possible at the time is an important thing. Smell, taste in some circumstances all comes in handy. Size is important too. As for photographing fungi, see Fungijohn's stunning guide on photographing this excellent subject. I'm having trouble finding it at the mo, but i'll link you when i do find it.
Nick | I think that the Bolete is Boletus radicans (= B. albidus) with an oddly (atypical) cracked cap !
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27-08-2008, 09:41 PM
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| | | re: Some fungi to be Id if possible :)
Looks like Boletus tuber from cap view  |
27-08-2008, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by NickCantle Looks like Boletus tuber from cap view | I actually thought that it was a species of Tuber at first - the polygonal cracking is quite typical of a Summer Truffle ( Tuber aestivum) but the colours completly wrong, and then I saw the underside with the pores !
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27-08-2008, 09:46 PM
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I'm chuffed to say we thought alike |
27-08-2008, 09:57 PM
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| | | re: Some fungi to be Id if possible :)
Thanks you guys are fab at this
Is there a book that you can recommend for a total beginner as the only one I can identify is a fly agaric and I don't want to outstay my welcome by bugging you guys every 5 mins for id's 
Thanks Toad |
27-08-2008, 10:04 PM
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The thing is, you're keeping us on our toes, keeping us in practice. It's all learning for everyone who participates in the thread, that's why it's so good! So you keep bugging us, it's what I thrive on! |
27-08-2008, 10:22 PM
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Thanks again Nick |
28-08-2008, 01:37 PM
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Hey Toad, I found FungiJohn's guide for you Here it is, Guide To Photographing Fungi - By FungiJohn
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