A Bracket & A Mycena for ID Please.

[Lancashire Lad]

Not holding out much hope for this one, but it's the only photo I've got.
Small bracket, about 50mm wide by about 25mm thick. Felt quite flexible & "rubbery" It was growing on a stump of what I think was an old oak. (Definitely not a Birch).


Think this one is Mycena arcangeliana due to grey stipes & similarity of cap & gill stucture to more mature specimens recently identified, but would appreciate other opinions.


Regards
Mike.

[CapAndBracket]

The first looks like Fistulina hepatica.

Cheers J.P.

[Chris Yeates]

hi Mike

I think the bracket is almost certainly young Fistulina - beef-steak fungus

as regards the Mycena it could be what you suggest, but I always like to check them microscopically

cheers

Chris

[KeenTeen17]

1) beefsteak fungus
2) mycena .

did the mycena secrete any milky liquid or smell of nitric acid?

[Lancashire Lad]

Thanks guys - I hadn't considered Fistulina at all. (Don't think I would have got there from this example even if I had. ).

Regards
Mike.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

...did the mycena secrete any milky liquid or smell of nitric acid?

No secretion of milk that I'm aware of KT, and must admit never smelled it. (Took these a few months ago before before being aware of such methods ).

Regards
Mike.