Unidentified Fungi

[chriscml]

Hello, i wondered if you would be able to let me know what type of fungi this is. I have never seen anything like it before! Is it common and where does it normally grow?



Also saw this which i thought was unusual...




I dont know much about fungi so any help is welcome!

[NickCantle]

Excellent find with number one. First glance would suggest Fistulina hepatica, but the structure is wrong and the colour is a little different. The large and bulky structure would be unusual for F. hepatica. That, combined with the purple shimmery tinge on the top of the specimen would to me, suggest Ganoderma lucidum.

Sorry, not a clue with the second

Nick

[Lancashire Lad]

Could be wildly astray, but to me number two looks like some old Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball's, which have split and are covered with spores. (And also what looks like a liberal application of dried mud from the clay soil ).

On the largest specimen, (viewing the photo at it's largest size), you can clearly see the "crazed" appearance on the fruitbody, and there is also what appears to be algae like growth, which I understand is fairly common on that species.

Regards
Mike.

[KeenTeen17]

1) ganoderma lucidum - very nice!

2) I'll go with what Mike said because the smallest middle one has the rough nodule like surface of a Scleroderma citrinum.

[chriscml]

Thanks for the responses. The first one kind of took me by surprise as until then I had only really seen fungi that looked similar to mushrooms!! I have seen quite a few odd coloured and shaped fungi now and cant belive how diverse they all are!