Fungi 9+10

[leifus]

1 i think this may be too hard to id but ah well



2 an interesting one this....

[Chris Yeates]

#2 probably Hygrocybe coccinea how clever to have hidden the gill attachment so effectively!

Chris

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

#2 probably Hygrocybe coccinea how clever to have hidden the gill attachment so effectively!

Chris

Haha! Brilliant - I love this little mushroom

[KeenTeen17]

1) could be a Panaeolus semiovatus

2) H. coccinea

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

1) could be a Panaeolus semiovatus

yeah it could be - it was growing on upland common land which fits the description

it doesnt seem tall enough or the right shape of cap though........

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by leifus

yeah it could be - it was growing on upland common land which fits the description

it doesnt seem tall enough or the right shape of cap though........

I'm with you Leifus. Far too small for semiovatus

Mal

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

1) could be a Panaeolus semiovatus

2) H. coccinea

Originally Posted by leifus

yeah it could be - it was growing on upland common land which fits the description

it doesnt seem tall enough or the right shape of cap though........

Sorry to have to soil this post with reminders of the dodgy forum tone as of late, but this is a positive note.

I assure you I don't intend to be patronising, but those two posts just speak loads about how you have both advanced. An educated guess from Jack and a deduction from Leif. That's how it should be. Leif knows that it looks wrong, KT now knows that P. semiovatus is a different shape and size.

It's all about debate, and you guys are nailing it

[leifus]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Sorry to have to soil this post with reminders of the dodgy forum tone as of late, but this is a positive note.

I assure you I don't intend to be patronising, but those two posts just speak loads about how you have both advanced. An educated guess from Jack and a deduction from Leif. That's how it should be. Leif knows that it looks wrong, KT now knows that P. semiovatus is a different shape and size.

It's all about debate, and you guys are nailing it

Thanks Nick thats very encouraging!! I hope that oneday I'll be one of the experts might take a lot of foraging, posting, identiftying and plenty of mistakes!!

[NickCantle]

Mistakes are the key. Look at my old posts, they're full of them. They still come thick and fast now too! You'll never stop making mistakes, but how you deal with them when they come, determines your progression in knowledge of the subject.