One Fungi for ID please

[BROCSMAN]

Sorry this is a bit past its best. I'm keen to know what it is because I found it literally in my own back yard. Ths soil is mainly wormcasts on old brick paving.

Thanks.

[KeenTeen17]

darn it. I have seen this somewhere before I know it! I shall get back to you when I have trawled through my records

[NickCantle]

Tubaria?

[BROCSMAN]

Wow - never even heard of that before. The photos I've found for Tubaria show clear striation on the cap, which doesn't seem to be present on my (pathetic) specimen. It does have a fibrous appearance. The spore print is coming out a rusty brown, and the cap is drying much paler than the photo.

Thanks for the input.

[BROCSMAN]

Then he looked again at his own photo, and saw clear signs of striation.

D'oh...

[NickCantle]

LOL, so do you think it could be Tubaria? Have you honed it down a species if so?

[BROCSMAN]

Judging by the photos I've seen romagnesiana looks right, although I'm not clear if this is a synonym for hiemalis. Courtecuisse describes this as "fading when dry" which is exactly what has happened.

[Chris Yeates]

T. romagnesiana is what some UK workers used to call pellucida - though to others pellucida referred to a fungus we would treat as T. furfuracea

while I consider T. hiemalis to be separable from T. furfuracea (based on the characters of the cystidia on the gill edge) the UK experts seem reluctant to distinguish the two

to be on the safe side I would call it Tubaria furfuracea (that too fades as it dries - so do most Tubarias . . . )

hope that's not too confusing

best wishes

Chris

[BROCSMAN]

I'm not up to microscopy yet. Maybe next year. T furfuracea it is!

Many thanks for the excellent help.