Tiny Flammulina's ?

[Lancashire Lad]

Would these be tiny Flammulina velutipes?

Found them today, but there was no sign of any other similar ones, and I didn't see any other Flammulina's at all.

The largest of these was about 10mm diameter.

Tried also to get a gill shot, but for some reason the camera just would not focus properly. The gills were absolutely symmetrical, quite crowded, & looking just like the spokes of a wagon wheel. (I've never seen gills so prefectly symmetrical before).



Regards
Mike.

[NickCantle]

Difficult to tell Mike. They look right, but something tells me they're not. Is monitoring a possibility?

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Difficult to tell Mike. They look right, but something tells me they're not. Is monitoring a possibility?

With a bit of luck I'll be revisiting the site in about a week, so I'll see what the situation is then. (If they haven't already grown & withered ).

Regards
Mike.

[leifus]

well velvet shank is very good at surviving the winter so if they are still there then there is a good possibility

[KeenTeen17]

well worth revisiting. theres quite a few orange fungi about this time of the year:
theres that kuehneroyces, F. velutipes and I found tubaria furfuracea recently as well

[NickCantle]

Unlikely to be the Tubaria though due to the substrate

[KeenTeen17]

I wasn't really including Tubaria as an ID for this - I was just including it in the list of orange mushrooms for this time of year.

[NickCantle]

Aha, I see, I do apologise

The easiest way to tell Flammulina velutipes from Keuhneromyces mutabilis is to have a little look under the bonnet. Even at this early stage of development, there should be sigs of a ring shown if it's Kuehneromyces.

[diggleken]

Mike,
the velvet stem being brown looks right, but the caps dont - not glossy/wet plus some knobbly bits on the immatures, which I havent seen in my immatures recently.
EDIT - didnt look close enough, obviously, see this image of mine!

right time of year for them though - lots out at the moment!
Cheers
Ken

[Lancashire Lad]

One thing I failed to mention, was that caps of these tiny fungi, whilst not being noticably wet or slimy, were, for their size, incredibly sticky. (Is there such a thing as dryly-viscid )

Whilst trying (but failing) to get a gill shot, I had difficulty in putting the mushroom down, as the cap kept sticking to my fingers.

Regards
Mike.