help om ID for fungi

[cherrybee]

I have just gone through some of my photos and need some IDs some were taken in September in Norfolk the others at Bystock Exmouth this week

I am pretty sure the orange ones are Orange Peel Fungus - Aleuria aurantia but didnt want to post to Gallery until confirmed.

[KeenTeen17]

1) orange peel
2) stereum hirsutum (you can see the hairiness of it on the photo
3) armillaria mellea
4) not sure
5) appears to be tar spot on sycamore
6) a similar species
7) looks like giant puffball

[CapAndBracket]

I suspect No1 maybe Tremella mesenterica, just to the left of main
fruitbody i think there are fresh examples just busting out of the wood.

Cheers J.P.

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

1) orange peel
2) stereum hirsutum (you can see the hairiness of it on the photo
3) armillaria mellea
4) not sure
5) appears to be tar spot on sycamore
6) a similar species
7) looks like giant puffball

i agree with KT but I would say that no. 1 is Tremella mesenterica

[NickCantle]

Four looks like Lepista flaccida

[flaxton]

No one has mentioned the interloper Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) on the Sycamore. It is classed as the most invasive ladybird on earth

Mal

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

1) orange peel
2) stereum hirsutum (you can see the hairiness of it on the photo
3) armillaria mellea
4) not sure
5) appears to be tar spot on sycamore
6) a similar species
7) looks like giant puffball

do you realise that your 'tar spot' is actually a harlequin ladybird?

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by leifus

do you realise that your 'tar spot' is actually a harlequin ladybird?

not the smaller black spot but the larger black spot

and did I actually get some fungi IDs right. (judging this on the lack of correction/suggestions) I am now in a state of shock

[NickCantle]

You're doing well KT

The thing that you have to be careful of when you get a new piece of literature is to not just look at a picture and say, it's 'X'. You've now got an advantage in that you've got dedicated literature that you can read and learn from- use it wisely. I made the mistake of just assuming things were this and that without looking at the most important things. For example, when a question is raised as a thread on the forum, I'd look at the picture, refer to a picture that looked similar Phillips, and then comment. What I learnt, was the most effective way of identifying is to look at key features. Features such as substrate, taste, smell- all of which are described in good books such as Jordan or Phillips.

Ask more questions than you answer, that way it keeps a thread going and sometimes leads to interesting debate about the species in which lots of distinguishing information is shared. Not aimed at anyone personally, but this is how I see it in my experience- all round a good thing

[KeenTeen17]

Your right there Nick. I remember that lilac mushroom thread that resulted in a lepista debate.

There was also a debate about H. utriformis as well in Big Bulgy Mushroom ID