woodland floor mushroom

[leifus]

again say if it the same as my previous thread (im not sure but we'll see) or if I need any more images. Thank you!

[Chris Yeates]

hi Leif

While I stand to be corrected here; I think we are in Hebeloma territory here; people with just the popular books would probably say Poison Pie Hebeloma crustuliniforme and leave it at that, and that would be close enough for many; that toadstool however is only one of a group of very similar-looking species (plus the illustrations - particularly in photographic fungi books - are sometimes wrongly identified); the crustuliniforme group often have droplets or spots along the gill edge which show darker as they concentrate the spores

check out the thread "small brown fungi for id" - I think that's the one - for some of my comments on Hebeloma

while I am going to trip out my old "in the end you need to look down a microscope" refrain, a useful macro-character with Hebeloma is smell - so if you think you might have one check out whether is has a sweetish, or radishy or other smell - that can be a help

cheers

Chris

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi Leif

While I stand to be corrected here; I think we are in Hebeloma territory here; people with just the popular books would probably say Poison Pie Hebeloma crustuliniforme and leave it at that, and that would be close enough for many; that toadstool however is only one of a group of very similar-looking species (plus the illustrations - particularly in photographic fungi books - are sometimes wrongly identified); the crustuliniforme group often have droplets or spots along the gill edge which show darker as they concentrate the spores

check out the thread "small brown fungi for id" - I think that's the one - for some of my comments on Hebeloma

while I am going to trip out my old "in the end you need to look down a microscope" refrain, a useful macro-character with Hebeloma is smell - so if you think you might have one check out whether is has a sweetish, or radishy or other smell - that can be a help

cheers

Chris

thanks, I'll try and go back and have a smell