Minley Wood Caps It

[cybershot]

Hot on the heels of more northern climes such as Clumber and Lancashire, who obviously had a rain soaking a bit earlier, northeast Hampshire is starting to sprout caps in abundance:




And one that I am confident of identifying to species:



So it's all go from now on in!

Cheers

David

[ManwithNoname]

Originally Posted by cybershot

This is actually a Xerocomus. Once upon a time I would have called specimens like this with a beautiful red cap Boletus rubellus. Now we know there are other options which require a lot of work to pin down.

Originally Posted by cybershot

Did this one have a distinctive smell? It looks like one in the complex around Russula amoenolens/sororia.

I'll leave the others for someone else to look at.

[mollisia]

Hello,

same opinion for the first two as Manwithnoname. I would think Russula amoenolens for the Russula, sororia seems to me still darker then this one.

The third bolet should be Boletus radicans and the Agaricus is either bitorquis or pratensis, depending on the double or single ring.

best regards,
Andreas

[NickCantle]

That L. scabrum picture is a real stunner David!

I must admit, I did think of B. rubellus for the first, but I didn't know that these take more work to pin down now- another ever expanding genus

R. sororia/amoenolens both have a very fetid smell, quite noticeable if you were observing it closely, or handled it.

[cybershot]

Thank you all for the pointers; must hone up my observation skills as the season progresses.

Cheers

David

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

. . . I must admit, I did think of B. rubellus for the first, but I didn't know that these take more work to pin down now- another ever expanding genus

sadly not Nick - the genus always was that big, just that people hadn't realised it yet

PS (and totally off topic) do you know Holbein's fabulous painting "Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling" ? http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/4...er-holbein.jpg

and why I might be asking you - (he added cryptically. . . )

Chris

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

sadly not Nick - the genus always was that big, just that people hadn't realised it yet Chris

Ever expanding in my head then

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

PS (and totally off topic) do you know Holbein's fabulous painting "Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling" ? http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/4...er-holbein.jpg

and why I might be asking you - (he added cryptically. . . )

Chris

I am rubbish at cryptic analysis

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I am rubbish at cryptic analysis

not really cryptic - it's about where you are living - and the Elizabethan age's ability to read significance into everything (a semioticist's paradise) . . . .

C

[cybershot]

Fascinating as the Elizabethan age may be; getting back on topic , can anybody help me with a steer to this tiny (max 20mm) polypore found on fallen, dead deciduous branch:



TIA

David

[flaxton]

David
If you dried the "rubellus" save it for me and I will collect it at Clumber.

Mal