Woodchip fungi foray

[wildherbalian85]

Ok so i have some for identification please....

1. Gymnopilus...



2.





3. found growing in woodchip debris




4. This had a strong odor to it, garlicy i think...




5. there where patches of this stuff growing in amongst thousands of cyans...

[Chris Yeates]

hi

is this conifer debris? if so the Gymnopilus is probably in the G. sapineus / G. penetrans / G. hybridus / G. stabilis group

key characters are presence/absence of a veil in young specimens and whether the cap is accordingly silky or more scaly; whether the fruit-bodies have brighter or duller colours - (a bit subjective I would think); characteristically G. penetrans develops brown spots on the gills, a bit hard to see whether this is so . . . spore sizes don't differ dramatically, but may be significant
Roy Watling in British Fungus Flora 7 indicates that this group needs more work on it

the coralloid fungus looks like a Ramaria; its a group I don't know at all well, so others will probably be able to comment more profitably

regards

Chris

[NickCantle]

Number two could be Tubaria furfuracea? Growing on woodchip, striations on the cap. Pretty similar to a few Laccaria species but lacks the pinkish gills. Just noted that the cap is hygrophanous too, which makes this a contender.

Intrigued by number four. The cap pattern immediately suggests a species or subspecies of Lepiota, but the texture of it looks more Inocybe. I don't know, but it looks interesting.

Nick

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Number two could be Tubaria furfuracea? Growing on woodchip, striations on the cap. Pretty similar to a few Laccaria species but lacks the pinkish gills. Just noted that the cap is hygrophanous too, which makes this a contender.

Intrigued by number four. The cap pattern immediately suggests a species or subspecies of Lepiota, but the texture of it looks more Inocybe. I don't know, but it looks interesting.

Nick

Thanks nick..

number 4 was a messy looking clump and it had a powerfull odor too.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

is this conifer debris?

Chris

yeah its conifer debris...

[wildherbalian85]

so no ideas on number 5 then??

[NickCantle]

It's a Ramaria, but they're not an easy genus, with most of them being described as 'rare but possibly under reported', which doesn't help. I can't see any that grow specifically on woodchip, but I didn't think I would be able to. It's a tricky one.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

It's a Ramaria, but they're not an easy genus, with most of them being described as 'rare but possibly under reported', which doesn't help. I can't see any that grow specifically on woodchip, but I didn't think I would be able to. It's a tricky one.

looking at the ones on roger mushroom i think it looks like a "Ramaria flava"

this was mixed woodchips... with bark... perhaps because it was more of a mulch it was kinda just growing off everything???

[NickCantle]

Don't be putting a species to it It might look like it, but that's not enough!

Best to leave it to genus?

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Don't be putting a species to it It might look like it, but that's not enough!

Best to leave it to genus?

cool, genus is better then a unknown