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[SheffieldLass]

Ok, so I'm being a bit lazy on some of these, but I've got a big pile of stuff to get through, so some pointers would be very useful to speed the process ...

Unknown, under Pinus sylvestris:




Unknown orange blob in ground (well partly rooted up by squirrels or badgers) under oak:



On Picea twigs, very small ones:



Inocybe on willow root. Cheilocystida included some with yellow content (in water), though with my limited library haven't come across any mention of this feature. Spores, many slightly waisted, (8.9) 9.1-10.7 (11.6) x (4.5) 4.8-5.6 (6.1), Qav 1.9. Cheilocystidia 7.5-11 x 27-40um. Stem flesh hollow, browning. Gills were pale cream, adnexed.


cheilocystidia
spores
pileipellis some zebra incrustations though they might not show up well enough on here.



Pinkish one with hyaline spores, very thin-walled, with oil drops, non-amyloid, on deciduous twig. Iodoform smell. I thought Mycena when i picked it but haven't found one where the distinctive cheilocystidia match. Also the cap appears to be cellular, with gelatinised layer. Gill flesh was dextrinoid. Spores were 8.5-9.7 x 5.6-5.9um, smooth, elliptic (and very difficult to see and size under the microscope).



cheilocystidia
dextrinoid gill flesh
pileipellis gelatinised and cellular elements

cheers
Melanie

[flaxton]

Well I can put you out of your misery on the last one. You were nearly there You didn't need to go microscopic on this one. The gill edges should be darker purple and if you had broken the stipe you would have seen red juice. Those cheilocystidia match Mycena sanguinolenta. Normally found on pine but can be found in deciduous woodland.

Mal

[mollisia]

Hello Melanie,

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Unknown, under Pinus sylvestris:

looks like Amanita rubescens to me ....

Unknown orange blob in ground (well partly rooted up by squirrels or badgers) under oak:

you are sure this is a fungus? If so, it is a hypogaeous fungus which deserves microscopy - or it is a button stage of a Russula or some kind of other .

On Picea twigs, very small ones:

no idea

Inocybe on willow root.

should be Inocybe flavella. This is the only species in the rimosa-complex with such small cheilocystidia and the small spores and the colour of the fruitbodies would suite too.

best regards,
Andreas

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Well I can put you out of your misery on the last one. You were nearly there You didn't need to go microscopic on this one. The gill edges should be darker purple and if you had broken the stipe you would have seen red juice. Those cheilocystidia match Mycena sanguinolenta. Normally found on pine but can be found in deciduous woodland.

Mal

Thanks ... I found in my notes that the gill edge was brown ... well that is near enough purple in my eyes ... certainly darker than the gill face. I'm surprised I didn't break that one, most of the Mycenas break whether I want them to or not , though this one was sturdier than most. And it was not so very far from pine, about 30m, indeed there was Strobilurus tenacellus close by, so obviously some pine litter finds its way there even if it is not obviously there.

Melanie

[SheffieldLass]

Thanks Andreas. I'll dissect the first one, see what I find inside. That is some volva. It looked a bit more exciting than an Amanita, but it was something that I wondered if it would turn out to be when I got round to looking closely at it. And I knew if I left it to develop it would get kicked over as it was right next to a seat ...

The orange blob does look to be fungal, and I'll email a friend who is concentrating on hypogaeous ones at the moment, and drop it round for her to look at if she thinks it might be one. There are quite a few Russulas popping up in the area though, I'll have to look at it more closely.

Thanks for Inocybe flavella.

Melanie