ID's sought including Italian Fungi

[Belly77]

Had a little stroll along my local walk this afternoon and found these guys hiding in the frost. Think the bottom row are all Honey Fungus, they were literally everywhere, 1000’s of them. The top right fungi is some sort of oyster (I think) Was growing out of a rotting log. It’s gills are pure white and quite brittle.
The top middle is a Blewit. I never find more then one at a time and can never distinguish between wood and field.
Is top left a poison pie? Looks like it from my Roger Phillips book but I’m probably wrong.


I was in Naples last week and stumbled across these for sale outside a little grocery store. My guess is that they are some sort of honey fungus but slightly different to anything I’ve seen on these shores.


These Ceps, Bay Bolete, Amethyst Deceiver and Fairy Ring Champignon are all courtesy of Nick Cantle allowing me to raid his local patch. They were delicious, thanks again Nick

[Chris Yeates]

hi

I think you are correct about the honey fungus; top left doesn't look like a Hebeloma, though further than that I wouldn't care to go . . .

the middle one in the top row looks rather like wood blewit Lepista nuda; but I certainly wouldn't recommend consuming it on that suggestion - plus you have to be careful with wood blewits any(they contain a chemical which damages red blood cells - once cooked that chemical is destroyed, but even then I would recommend eating only a small amount at first as I have known some individuals who react badly to it)

plurrreeeaaase !!!! don't drop comments like "I was in Naples last week" it only breeds resentment mate . . . the fungus on sale has the look of an Armillaria (honey fungus relative) but I wouldn't really like to comment other than to say a number of Armillaria species do occur in Italy

Chris

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

I think you are correct about the honey fungus; top left doesn't look like a Hebeloma, though further than that I wouldn't care to go . . .

the middle one in the top row looks rather like wood blewit Lepista nuda; but I certainly wouldn't recommend consuming it on that suggestion - plus you have to be careful with wood blewits any(they contain a chemical which damages red blood cells - once cooked that chemical is destroyed, but even then I would recommend eating only a small amount at first as I have known some individuals who react badly to it)

plurrreeeaaase !!!! don't drop comments like "I was in Naples last week" it only breeds resentment mate . . . the fungus on sale has the look of an Armillaria (honey fungus relative) but I wouldn't really like to comment other than to say a number of Armillaria species do occur in Italy

Chris

I would second these.

Andy

[Belly77]

I have no intentions of eating any of them but do intend to try a Blewit when the mood takes me.

I am now curious to hear what Honey Fungus tastes like though, the food in Italy is amazing. IF they are eating it and we aren't they must now something we don't.

Any more ideas on what the top left might be?

[fungi2bwith]

I was also in Italy until earlier in the week (Lake Garda). Although not specifically looking for fungi, I noticed large amounts of honey fungus growing almost everywhere we visited. I also noticed it for sale on the veg stalls.

I laso found some wood blewits, though certainly not in a wood. They were at the top of a mountain (A ski slope in Winter) and above the tree line.

Garry

PS I have eaten honey fungus a number of times and they were very tastey. THough it is often reported that they can make some people unwell.

[Chris Yeates]

agreed . . .

I have eaten them with no problems and other people at the same meal had seriously bad indigestion problems

the situation is complicated in that "Honey Fungus" is composed of a number of taxa abd this may add to the various reports re edibility

I think I've seen it said that Armillaria growing on conifers is the safest and best (?)

[fairplay]

The first photo of top right has a hint of Lentinus in the cap markings, and the mention of it being a kind of Oyster and growing from a dead log adds weight to my suggestion.

Neil.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by fairplay

The first photo of top right has a hint of Lentinus in the cap markings, and the mention of it being a kind of Oyster and growing from a dead log adds weight to my suggestion.

Neil.

that's a very interesting suggestion - Lentinus tigrinus, comes to mind (interesting that while the Fungi of Switzerland book -vol 3 - gives it the thumbs-down on edibility,a 'popular' fungal book on the fungi of Sardinia I have lists it as 'commestibile' . . . .)

Chris

[Cecilia]

Hello ! I'm a new member from France, but living in London half the time.
I wonder if the fungi for sale in the basket are not Yellow Legs (Cantharellus infundibuliformis) ? Extremely popular in France, non existant in UK I think. But it's not very easy to identify from the photo.

[fairplay]

All that can be said from the photo of the basket is that they seem to be a type of Armillaria species - the banding on the stems is very unusual, -not ever having been to Italy.

Cantharellus infundibuliformis is found apparently quite common in this country, but is now called C.tubaeformis.

Neil.