Eyelash Close Up and A Fungi for ID Please.

[Lancashire Lad]

Found this Eyelash - Scutellinia subhirtella today, and managed to get a decent close up showing the "eyelashes".

Thought it might be worth putting on the forum.



Also,
Could anyone give me a steer on this please?
All growing in close proximity, on the base of a Monkeypuzzle tree - (Arucaria arucana).
I think the ones in image 3 are just more mature, but haven't a clue as to what it would be.



Thanks once again.

Regards
Mike.

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Found this Eyelash - Scutellinia subhirtella today, and managed to get a decent close up showing the "eyelashes".

Thought it might be worth putting on the forum.

Could anyone give me a steer on this please?

I think the ones in image 3 are just more mature, but haven't a clue as to what it would be.

Mike.

Out of interest why not Scutellinia scutellata Mike?

I am hopeless at pics but think you have honey fungi in the second image.

Richard

[KeenTeen17]

I found some of those similar as well

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by CloudedYellow

...Out of interest why not Scutellinia scutellata...

To be honest, as you may be aware from my previous posts, I am a complete fungi novice. I got the latin name from the fungi identification section at the top of this forum.

Todays photo was taken at the same patch of Eyelash as an image I previouisly posted for identification on 5th Oct.

Rightly or wrongly, I assumed it was the subhirtella. Several people replied but no-one queried it.

Is it more likely to be the scutellata?
(I've also seen references to scutella - would that be the same as scutellata?).

Regards
Mike.

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by CloudedYellow

Out of interest why not Scutellinia scutellata Mike?

I am hopeless at pics but think you have honey fungi in the second image.

Richard

I agree, young Honey Fungus would be my guess also.

Andy

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

...I found some of those similar as well...

Hi Keenteen 17
Your fungi certainly looks pretty much identical to mine.
I assume you are looking for the ID too?

Regards
Mike.

[KeenTeen17]

yeah I was but was IDed a few days ago

[CapAndBracket]

I think the eyelash gets put down as Scutellinia scutellata by most people.

At the last count i heard there are 26 species of Scutellinia that look very similar, so without special books and microscopy S. scutellata will remain the norm.

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

I didn't realise there were so many of them- interesting info J.P. At least I can look at them under the scope when I find them now!

Nick

[CapAndBracket]

The figure of 26 was given by Mykonick when i mentioned my literature
reaches to 12 species. It's a difficult call really, do we want to take home
and scope every find or leave well alone, usually i would go for the latter.

Cheers J.P.