Marasmius rotula ??

kiltoncomp · #1 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 09:17 PM

lots of these about today in small groups, on soil/twiggy debris, at the edges of woodland paths,
Marasmius rotula seems to fit the bill , but confirmation/correction would be great,

Brian.

ManwithNoname · #2 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 10:13 PM

Seems a good call. You can see the collar around the top of the stem on the upturned specimens.

Chris Yeates · #3 (**permalink**) 13-07-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

lots of these about today in small groups, on soil/twiggy debris, at the edges of woodland paths,
Marasmius rotula seems to fit the bill , but confirmation/correction would be great,

Brian.

Interestingly, almost exactly this time last year M. rotula was in its thousands (probably tens of thousands) in Hawks Wood, by the Chesterfield Canal (not that far away from your stamping ground, Brian) - it's where my avatar comes from - taken with blood running down my left leg - but that's another story

cheers

Chris

kiltoncomp · #4 (**permalink**) 13-07-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ManwithNoname

Seems a good call. You can see the collar around the top of the stem on the upturned specimens.

Thanks for that, it is quite a distintive feature in such a small fungi,

Brian.

kiltoncomp · #5 (**permalink**) 13-07-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

Interestingly, almost exactly this time last year M. rotula was in its thousands (probably tens of thousands) in Hawks Wood, by the Chesterfield Canal (not that far away from your stamping ground, Brian) - it's where my avatar comes from - taken with blood running down my left leg - but that's another story

cheers

Chris

must make the effort and have a look soon, not been up there for quite a while now,
always seems to be a very productive area for fungi, as does much of the surrounding area

apparently the woods around pebley (Harthill) ponds are full of fungi now, so thats another one on the must visit list,

Brian.