Fungus of the day!

PMG · #**121** (**permalink**) 22-10-2008, 10:01 PM

Its been a red letter day for me or maybe I should say I've been in the pink?!! Another year of making the treck to Turn Slack Clough to find the pink and pointy special one.......... we took a couple of friends and unfortunately got them absolutely filthy it was so wet and boggy...... I fell in it with my new pack on which weighs even more of a ton and was like a turtle on my back in gloopy black mud and cow muck........ had to restrain my langueage in company too - but finally and at last - there she was - several actually - bet they could hear me across the valley

.........and the bonus ball just before we came down and off the moor I spotted this purple patch - in every sense this is a purple patch - I had heard tell over the years that it was there but never expected to trip across it..... Yeah ha!!!!! Happy or what?!! Am I forgiven for the muck and the cold and the wet - you bet I am

Pauline

NickCantle · #**122** (**permalink**) 22-10-2008, 10:03 PM

Blows my finds for today into oblivion. Well found Pauline, you must be chuffed. I certainly would be, to find either of these colourful beauties.

wildherbalian85 · #**123** (**permalink**) 22-10-2008, 10:16 PM

My fungus of the day was a very large Psilocybe Cyanescens with a stype measuring in around 11cm.

.. the cap was near 7cm across but it had already turned upwards (very mature specimen).

Didn't have a camera with me at time so i grabbed it with a few others of varying sizes for later photographing, upon photographing i disposed of mushrooms.

PMG · #**124** (**permalink**) 22-10-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by NickCantle

Blows my finds for today into oblivion. Well found Pauline, you must be chuffed. I certainly would be, to find either of these colourful beauties.

No I don't think it blows it away at all - I've only seen semisang once in the New Forest a few years ago and I was made up with it...... but if only you knew how many years I have been hoping to see the pink pointy one - I'd almost given up cos I just couldn't seem to connect with it - then to get the rareity as well - well chuffed doesn't come into it - I wish someone had photographed how filthy all four of were tho.........

Pauline

pressld2 · #**125** (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by PMG

I wish someone had photographed how filthy all four of were tho.........

LOL! You must remember your camera's timer function next time - sounds like it would have made a brilliant picture!

Dave P.

PMG · #**126** (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pressld2

LOL! You must remember your camera's timer function next time - sounds like it would have made a brilliant picture!

Dave P.

(sorting it out and washing stuff today Dave is not as funny

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Pauline

wildherbalian85 · #**127** (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 04:01 PM

My fungus of the day Pluteus atromarginatus

Actually i spotted this pair last night when i saw the monster sized cyanescens but i left them. I passed them this morning armed with a camera and the gills had turned a lovely shade of pink - as they should.

NickCantle · #**128** (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 04:07 PM

Not to rain on your parade as they say, but this is more likely to be Pluteus cervinus. Pluteus atromarginatus grows on Conifer wood (I can't see any in the photo, though whatever it is growing on is buried) and has dark brown fibres on the stipe. Your specimen looks typical P. cervinus to me

wildherbalian85 · #**129** (**permalink**) 23-10-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NickCantle

Not to rain on your parade as they say, but this is more likely to be Pluteus cervinus. Pluteus atromarginatus grows on Conifer wood (I can't see any in the photo, though whatever it is growing on is buried) and has dark brown fibres on the stipe. Your specimen looks typical P. cervinus to me

It was growing on woodchips - which are clearly visable in the photographs

But they had actualy been toppled and thats why the stems and caps are lying side by side

I think though that you have a point and this probably is Pluteus cervinus and this also goes to explaining the nag i had with my early I.D of Pluteus atromarginatus, i stuck with this I.D based on habitat and other fungi in the area (oh and i didn't now what else it could be).

In previous years when i have found Pluteus atromarginatus they have been more "chunky" with thicker chunky caps and thicker stems but these had thiner caps and stems.

I found a good location last year that had Pluteus atromarginatus growing but during the year a fresh load of chippings were dumped on this site

so this year there is nothing