Which honey fungus

[CapAndBracket]

Spotted these today and thought i really ought to get better at species of
Armillaria instead of just thinking honey fungus and move on.



They are quite beautifull, so have left them in situ for others to see on sunday and will
collect then for examination. I'm told that at the moment there are seven species found
in this country.


Cheers J.P.

[cybershot]

I'd be inclined towards A. ostoyae JP. Based purely on photographic comparisons with the illustrations in C&D.

David

Look forward to seeing them on Sunday

[CapAndBracket]

You may be right, due to the lack of black speckles on the ring i was drawn
towards A.cepistipes. (as ever it's not easy).

Cheers J.P.

[cybershot]

Another good contender and we should be able to pin it down between us on Sunday mate

Cheers

David

[Chris Yeates]

hi C & B

was the ring as yellowish as it appears? For what it's worth I seem to remember Roy Watling many years ago telling us that the variant with a yellowish one was the 'true' Armillaria mellea as opposed to the way a lot of H Fungi get lumped under the name

things might have moved on of course since then . . . .

Chris

[CapAndBracket]

Yes it was that yellow, and the scales down the stem were very eye catching, thats why i photographed these, the difference between young
and mature was also curious, i though these features may have someone
saying its abviously A.?, but no, they remaind difficult at best. Hope they are
still in good condition sunday for collection and head scratching/i mean
microscopy.

Cheers J.P.