white fungi identification

[gleditsa]

Hi All , i am new to this group and this will be my first post(my second really ,i tried to post this before but it did not show up for some reason)

i found this fungi in pine woods ,there were six , growing in a line ,the largest was about 5 or 6 inch across, i asked some one who was taking some photos of some clitocybe nebularis in the same woods what they were,but he did not know either, he suggested that they were a clitocybe also but they did not seem right,
so if anyone has an answer, that would be great,




thanks , Joseph

[KeenTeen17]

Did it smell of aniseed - if it did, it could be C. fragrans

or if not it could be C. revulosa (just guessing from the Gallery)

[NickCantle]

Well, given the habitat and the number in the troop, I'd say the closest I can get is Collybia maculata before it develops the rust coloured markings it's well known for. The gill attachment, or lack of, would also suggest this species.

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

Did it smell of aniseed - if it did, it could be C. fragrans

or if not it could be C. revulosa (just guessing from the Gallery)

Hi, it had no smell to it that i could find other than a very faint earthy smell,
and both C.fragrans & c.rivulosa dont (normally) grow in pine woods ,so i dont think it is either of those,(probably wrong again) ,
thanks for the suggestions,


Joseph.

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Well, given the habitat and the number in the troop, I'd say the closest I can get is Collybia maculata before it develops the rust coloured markings it's well known for. The gill attachment, or lack of, would also suggest this species.

Hi , thats one i had not considered ! ,although most of the Collybia maculata i have found have usually got their brown staining long before reaching this size ,
the only other one i can find that resembles this , is Tricholoma alba or is that just a wild guess ??

thanks,

Josef

[fairplay]

Tricholoma is more probable, whitish species with Birch are likely to be T. stiparophyllum with an earthy, unpleasant smell, but if with other broadleaved trees may be T.lascivum, with a 'sweetish, repulsive smell'

Don't rely on smell descriptions though, they are just too unreliable. (and don't rely on my out of date names - they've probably been changed now)

Neil.

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Tricholoma is more probable, whitish species with Birch are likely to be T. stiparophyllum with an earthy, unpleasant smell, but if with other broadleaved trees may be T.lascivum, with a 'sweetish, repulsive smell'

Don't rely on smell descriptions though, they are just too unreliable. (and don't rely on my out of date names - they've probably been changed now)

Neil.

Hello Neil,

thanks for the input, the specimens were found with conifers (the leaves in the photograph had most likely blown into the pines from across the track) as it was mostly birch and beech across the track,and these were about 300yds into the pinewood , so probably discounts any connection with broadleaved trees ?

Joseph.

[fairplay]

Dratt and double dratt !! I don't know what else to suggest.

Sorry, Neil.

[BROCSMAN]

How about Hygrophorus eburneus?

[fairplay]

Hygrophorus eburneus - hmmm, that's a good call, especially as there are Beech leaves in the photo, but the gills in the photo here don't seem to be decurrent as with H.eburneus
The gills in the photo seem more 'notched' than anything else. I hope you agree.

Neil.