Couple of unknowns from the park..

[juliejam]

Well folks been looking around my local park yet again , this time came across these two specimens..Both growning under Oak...

Help wtih ID would be appreciated..

1.Possible Inocybe..had slight mealy smell..



2.Boletus ?



Many thanx

Julie

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by juliejam

Well folks been looking around my local park yet again , this time came across these two specimens..Both growning under Oak...

Help wtih ID would be appreciated..

1.Possible Inocybe..had slight mealy smell..



2.Boletus ?



Many thanx

Julie

Hi Julie !

Possible Inocybe - those gills are pinkish aren't they (or is my sight going faulty ??) ???
The slightly mealy smell points one in the direction of Entoloma rhodopolium (or one of it's relatives !) - the cracking of the cap is atypical, probably caused by drying of the basidiomes as they have emerged.

The bolete is surely very young Boletus luridiformis isn't it ?

Nick

[juliejam]

Originally Posted by mykonik

Hi Julie !

Possible Inocybe - those gills are pinkish aren't they (or is my sight going faulty ??) ???
The slightly mealy smell points one in the direction of Entoloma rhodopolium (or one of it's relatives !) - the cracking of the cap is atypical, probably caused by drying of the basidiomes as they have emerged.

The bolete is surely very young Boletus luridiformis isn't it ?

Nick

Thanx Nick..had a feeling it was a scarlatina bolete..
the entoloma rhodopolium or should i say wood pinkgill looks about right to me..just checked out pic's of a younger specimen...noticed these growing round the otherside of the tree..didnt think that it could possibly be the same specimen..Im sure im still on a slight high from my finds this week..

Julie

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by juliejam

Thanx Nick..had a feeling it was a scarlatina bolete..
the entoloma rhodopolium or should i say wood pinkgill looks about right to me..just checked out pic's of a younger specimen...noticed these growing round the otherside of the tree..didnt think that it could possibly be the same specimen..Im sure im still on a slight high from my finds this week..

Julie

Re: your last sentence Julie - I should think so too !

My best find of Boletus satanus was when I was wandering, well off a path, in Chipstead Valley (nr. Croydon) in 1999 - wished I hadn't gone off path since it was a boiling hot, sunny, September day and I was virtually trapped in this mass of thorny scrub, with intermixed brambles which was regenerating after the 1987 Great Storm - then, all of a sudden I stumbled into a large clearing by two beech trees (which had been left intact and were in the middle of all the scrub) and there, in this huge beam of sunlight shining through the canopy were 42 (I jest not) Boletus satanus' in all stages of development - a bit like stumbling into a fairy glade I thought - I was on a bit of a high for weeks afterwards !

Decided to re-visit the site every year thereafter but they never reappeared, What a let down !! But lovely to have seen all of them just the once !

Nick

[juliejam]

Originally Posted by mykonik

Re: your last sentence Julie - I should think so too !

My best find of Boletus satanus was when I was wandering, well off a path, in Chipstead Valley (nr. Croydon) in 1999 - wished I hadn't gone off path since it was a boiling hot, sunny, September day and I was virtually trapped in this mass of thorny scrub, with intermixed brambles which was regenerating after the 1987 Great Storm - then, all of a sudden I stumbled into a large clearing by two beech trees (which had been left intact and were in the middle of all the scrub) and there, in this huge beam of sunlight shining through the canopy were 42 (I jest not) Boletus satanus' in all stages of development - a bit like stumbling into a fairy glade I thought - I was on a bit of a high for weeks afterwards !

Decided to re-visit the site every year thereafter but they never reappeared, What a let down !! But lovely to have seen all of them just the once !

Nick

WOW...bet you had to pinch yourself ..Did you have a camera with you at the time by any chance..Ive visited this park near me for over 10yrs now..never noticed them before..Im just glad i got to see them before they too might disappear from this area for good.. Even checked again today and spotted a few more baby ones poking there little heads up..bless..

Julie