a few to comfirm

[kiff]

Hi All

this one I think is Piptoporus betulinus


this one is Daedaleopsis confragosa


and this is an old Geastrum found in Ebbor gorge could it be an old pectinatum I only say this as this is were Jordan found his

[Jason Green]

What's the hole in the orange band on the Geastrum?

I take it they're Scarlet Elf Cups in the same pic's bottom right?

I've just realised something, this is the second day running I've been in the Fungi Forum. You don't think, no, that I'm being... converted, do you?

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[kiff]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

What's the hole in the orange band on the Geastrum?

I take it they're Scarlet Elf Cups in the same pic's bottom right?

I've just realised something, this is the second day running I've been in the Fungi Forum. You don't think, no, that I'm being... converted, do you?

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yep Scarlet Elf Cup there every were in Ebbor millions of them

[Chris Yeates]

hi Keith

yes to 1 and to 2 (I saw Daedaleopsis on Betula today, looking very like this)

the Geastrum is another matter; it should have a distinctive 'neck' which may have collapsed . . . . it also should have distinctively very warted spores . . . which we can't see of course; so I think when fungi get as decayed as that we just have to bid them farewell

cheers

Chris

[kiff]

thanks Chris

yeah the Geastrum is to old to ID but a least I now know were to look later in the year to find some fresh one's

[KeenTeen17]

I also found some Geastrums at Leighton Moss and they were growing with scarlet elf cups in this sort of environment. I thought they looked very like Collared earthstar so this could be an ID for this one.

[mollisia]

Hallo,

yes, I have the same opinion as KT. But to be certain we will have to await the autumn ....

best regards,
Andreas

[kiff]

I found 5 of them in all and none of them had any signs of a collar, I put my bet on striatum or rufescens. I notice Jordan found striatum at Pilton Somerset and there was me think the only fungi in Pilton are the funny ones the hippy's eat during the festival

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by kiff

I found 5 of them in all and none of them had any signs of a collar, I put my bet on striatum or rufescens. I notice Jordan found striatum at Pilton Somerset and there was me think the only fungi in Pilton are the funny ones the hippy's eat during the festival

Cybershot pointed out in a previous thread the collar can sometimes totally disintegrate on last years specimens.

Mal

[cybershot]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Cybershot pointed out in a previous thread the collar can sometimes totally disintegrate on last years specimens.

Mal

That's right Mal - a tricky genera at the best of times: By means of close monitoring through all stages from 'bulb' to decrepit over-wintered specimens during the last couple of years I have come to realise that one morphological quirk can be the eventual loss of the distinguishing basal collar in very old samples. The distinctly delineated zone around the apical pore (very obvious in this case) is usually a good indicator of G triplex.

David