Two Fungi for ID please.

[Lancashire Lad]

Fungi novice back again.
Appreciate if anyone can give a steer these. (Photographed yesterday -mixed woodland, both on felled & rotting trunks).

Number 1


Number 2
Apologies - I didn't get any gill shots.


Regards
Mike.

[CapAndBracket]

No 1: Ascocoryne.sp
No 2: Armillaria.sp (honey fungus).

Cheers J.P.

[Lancashire Lad]

Thanks CapAndBracket,

I'm, obviously not getting much better at fungi ID'ing - I was convinced that number 2 wasn't Armillaria.

Regards
Mike.

[leifus]

1 ascocoryne sp. - possibly A. sarcoides but there are two very similar species

2 i dont think this is honey fungus

[NickCantle]

One hundred percent this is Armillaria. Look at the clump. The squamules atop the cap, the golden color and the very distinctive ring.

This could be nothing else

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Thanks CapAndBracket,

I'm, obviously not getting much better at fungi ID'ing - I was convinced that number 2 wasn't Armillaria.

Regards
Mike.

Mike
What made you think it wasn't Armillaria?

Mal

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Mike...What made you think it wasn't Armillaria?...Mal

Honey fungus I have seen previously (albeit that I am new to fungi hunting - and have only seen a couple ) was flatter across the cap, and with not as many of the scales? on top of the cap.

I was thinking these might have been something like parasols (wishful thinking obviously).

I will keep trying though - I've just ordered Roger Phillips Mushrooms & Stefan Buczacki's Collins Fungi Guide. Hopefully when these arrive, I might get slightly better at ID'ing than the non existent skills I have now.

(But no doubt I will be pestering you guys for some time to come - I do appreciate the help, and the fact that the experts on WAB don't have any holier than thou attitude to beginners).

Regards
Mike.

[NickCantle]

LOL very wishful thinking Mike, seeing as parasols are white

You'll do no wrong with those books mate, and we look forward to seeing you over here a bit more

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

...LOL very wishful thinking Mike, seeing as parasols are white...

- Well, I did say I was clueless.

Although - In my defence your Honour, in the only picture that I have showing Parasol Fungus, (Macrolepiota procera) it is a brown colour similar to uncut brown bread. (Newholland Field Guide to Mushrooms & Other Fungi).

Regards
Mike.

EDIT - I've just looked in the DK Wildlife of Britain book I recently got, and there is a picture of Parasol Fungus which is almost pure white.
Now I'm even more - I assume Parasol can be quite variable in appearance.

[NickCantle]

Ah, now the Shaggy Parasol is a different story, you'll be glad to hear