Woodland Fungi For ID

[Mr Speckler]

Hi
Can anyone help me with this one?

Sorry about the poor quality, I struggle with white thing on bright days.

I just included this in case it aids ID.

It was growing amid bramble in birch woodland.
Thanks for your help.
Colin

[flaxton]

Colin
It looks like a young Amanita rubescens.

Mal

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Colin
It looks like a young Amanita rubescens.

Mal

I would agree... just the outside chance of it being a Amanita muscaria var. formosa but given what looks like a pinkish tinge to the gills id go with Amanita rubescens

[fairplay]

Plain old A. muscaria say I .

Neil.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Plain old A. muscaria say I .

Neil.

Nahh ..... looks a little to yellow round the rim of the cap



but its this yellow that leads me to think its possibly Amanita muscaria var. formosa

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by wildherbalian85

I would agree... just the outside chance of it being a Amanita muscaria var. formosa but given what looks like a pinkish tinge to the gills id go with Amanita rubescens

Amanita muscaria var. formosa isn't a native species. Not saying it couldn't be it, but it's a North American species, so unlikely.

I'm with Neil, this looks like an adolescent A. muscaria. I don't think that there's enough reddening on the stipe for A. rubescens.

Nick

EDIT; Looked again and am now unsure

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Amanita muscaria var. formosa isn't a native species. Not saying it couldn't be it, but it's a North American species, so unlikely.

Its been found in scotland and also in other location in the UK - including the New Forest, Norfolk, and Wales... i can only go by whats on the NBN gateway and to be honest their mushroom and insect records are pretty vauge and need seriously updating.

Just on google and to back up what i said about the NBN here is annother site which has a list of fungus found near chesire and included is Amanita muscaria var. formosa. I have seen these mushrooms myself though not quite as yellow as the one in the phot in this link....

http://fungus.org.uk/moore/species_list.htm

[NickCantle]

Ah okay, that's interesting Ian. So how did you ID it as Amanita muscaria var. formosa rather than a sun affected A. muscaria. I'm rather dubious about colour varieties like this, I think it's people wanting to create new species

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Ah okay, that's interesting Ian. So how did you ID it as Amanita muscaria var. formosa rather than a sun affected A. muscaria. I'm rather dubious about colour varieties like this, I think it's people wanting to create new species

Ahh well if go back to my OP i thought it to be more likely a rubescens... though given that this is a young mushroom and the underside is were the yellow is, i doub't the sun has had much of a chance

[NickCantle]

No, sorry for confusion, I meant when you found Amanita muscaria var. formosa before.