Fungi id 31+32

[leifus]

1 this was all yellow with an orange tip - the flash did that





2

[Chris Yeates]

#2 is a discomycete and is one of the eyelash fungi Scutellinia sp.; most of the popular books just feature (if they have one at all) Scutellinia scutellata and it could well be that this is what you've found

but there are 26 Scutellinias recorded for the UK, and I'm afraid that you need recourse to a microscope to be certain of an ID

Chris

[Chris Yeates]

I've been thinking about #1

sparse veil around cap margin, habitat on wood, could it be in the Pholiota ochrochlora / P. gummosa area ?

I'd be interested to see what others think . . .

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

I've been thinking about #1

sparse veil around cap margin, habitat on wood, could it be in the Pholiota ochrochlora / P. gummosa area ?

I'd be interested to see what others think . . .

i dont think its P.gummosa

[KeenTeen17]

1. I think its just sulphur tuft to be honest

2. what chris said

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

1. I think its just sulphur tuft to be honest

yeah it does seem more likely

[fairplay]

I saw a lot of P.gumossa last year and even more this year, I would expect to see signs of stickiness on some of the caps and shaggy stems on the young ones, but I see no ships, so I opt for Hypholoma too.

Neil.

[Chris Yeates]

I suspect you're correct about s. tuft

I usually find P. gummosa on stumps in grassland at woodland edges etc., where the wood is not always obvious

it would be so useful if people requiring ID's showed images with the gills and their attachment, a simple spore print etc. as well as a quick 'snap' in the field . . .

[KeenTeen17]

theres one I can ID , Neil!

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

theres one I can ID , Neil!

But can you eat it

Mal