what is this fungi with a black stem ??

kiltoncomp · #1 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 09:54 AM

any one put a name to these ????
found growing in rough grass at side of a footpath in clumber park,
stem is around 5 to 6 inch tall and the cap is about 3 to 4 inch across,
no distinct smell to it,
i have spent hours looking through books and websites and have not found anything close to this one as yet,

another one on my ever growing list of unknowns .

thanks, kiltoncomp

fairplay · #2 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 10:27 AM

Hi there ,

It's nowt' special - just an old Honey Fungus !

Neil.

Andy Overall · #3 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

any one put a name to these ????
found growing in rough grass at side of a footpath in clumber park,
stem is around 5 to 6 inch tall and the cap is about 3 to 4 inch across,
no distinct smell to it,
i have spent hours looking through books and websites and have not found anything close to this one as yet,

another one on my ever growing list of unknowns .

thanks, kiltoncomp

Don't want sound boring but I think what you have there is Armillaria the ring is right, the light scaly cap is right. I have seen Armillaria with this dark stem before, generally on older specimens.

Andy

kiltoncomp · #4 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fairplay

Hi there ,

It's nowt' special - just an old Honey Fungus !

Neil.

Hi Neil, many thanks for the id ,now you have said its a honey fungus , i can see the likeness in the cap , but i would still not have connected it with being a honey fungus, ive been looking for the id since i found it back in 2006 !,
ive only ever found one specimen of armillaria before and it was nothing like this one !

thanks again ,
Brian(kiltoncomp)

kiltoncomp · #5 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy Overall

Don't want sound boring but I think what you have there is Armillaria the ring is right, the light scaly cap is right. I have seen Armillaria with this dark stem before, generally on older specimens.

Andy

Hi Andy,
its not boring!! as i said in my reply to Neil (fairplay) i would never have put two and two together and come up with it being a honey fungus !

thanks again ,
Brian (kiltoncomp)