A delicate pallette of colours

cybershot · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 05:36 PM

Todays foray was particularly satisfying in the pastels colours revealed by these specimens:

This very pale yellow specimen was found under a spreading oak on the corner of heathland in Yateley Common Country Park:

1

This apple green specimen was found in the middle of a track separating pine and deciduous woodland, under a silver birch:

2

This slate grey specimen was found alongside a path through bracken and heather:

3

Boddie · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 06:10 PM

Cant help you with the ID's but image number one is a stunning shot.

What do you use to get so low by the way. I ahve recently reviewed the ErgoRest on the reviews section and find this excellent for this type of shot

NickCantle · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 06:11 PM

Nice mushrooms! Looking good. I usually find the more vivid coloured ones in the forest nearby. The sulphur knight grows alot near me and we get a few amethyst deceivers. Keep at it
Nick

arvensis · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 08:58 PM

First one is a nice shot of 2 Amanita citrinas(False Death Cap) - good identification shot in fact.

Second one could be Russula aeruginea but my comments about Russulas on previous posts apply- e.g tricky genus to be sure.

The third is another Russula - which is as far as I'll go with this one!

Mark

Tormentil · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Boddie

What do you use to get so low by the way.

No morals ??

GerryNick2 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 09:20 PM

Russula aeruginea is a strong possibility for no.2 based on the colour and location near to Birch trees, but as Mark says this group can be very tricky, just as an example there is a form of R.cyanoxantha 'Charcoal Burner' that has a wholly green cap that would compare favourably with the one in your photograph.
Unfortunately there are too many possibilities to mention for the one in no.3, sometimes having the dimensions and sitting down with a good reference book can help to narrow it.

Gerry

cybershot · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tormentil

No morals ??

Exactly, absolutely no morrels: Get down and dirty I say

cybershot · #8 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by arvensis

First one is a nice shot of 2 Amanita citrinas(False Death Cap) - good identification shot in fact.

Second one could be Russula aeruginea but my comments about Russulas on previous posts apply- e.g tricky genus to be sure.

The third is another Russula - which is as far as I'll go with this one!

Mark

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Originally Posted by GerryNick2

Russula aeruginea is a strong possibility for no.2 based on the colour and location near to Birch trees, but as Mark says this group can be very tricky, just as an example there is a form of R.cyanoxantha 'Charcoal Burner' that has a wholly green cap that would compare favourably with the one in your photograph.
Unfortunately there are too many possibilities to mention for the one in no.3, sometimes having the dimensions and sitting down with a good reference book can help to narrow it.

Gerry

Thanks to Mark and Gerry, part of the Hampshire contingent, for your continuing good advice. I appreciate the time and trouble you take with your comments. Gerry has pointed me in the direction of False Death Cap on a previous upload but I couldn't get my head round the delicate shade of pale yellow on this specimen. I am gradually disciplining myself to take more notes and a good reference book sounds a likely bet. Thanks again

David

PMG · #9 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 10:04 PM

The citrina is a stunning shot - both for ID and technical merit! The green russula I'm not going to guess at either! But its a better bet that genuinly slate grey with no ounce of other colour - esp not any sort of pinkish tones - will turn out to be R. parazurea! And that's as far out as my neck is going to stick tonight! Nice collection of shots tho - pin sharp - lovely!

cybershot · #10 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PMG

The citrina is a stunning shot - both for ID and technical merit! The green russula I'm not going to guess at either! But its a better bet that genuinly slate grey with no ounce of other colour - esp not any sort of pinkish tones - will turn out to be R. parazurea! And that's as far out as my neck is going to stick tonight! Nice collection of shots tho - pin sharp - lovely!

Thank you for your kind comment Pauline; all the more appreciated coming from a photographer of your calibre. Now if only I could persuade the editors to reassign those correctly identified images within 'unidentified' and 'forum' galleries to the fungi category, I would be a happier bunny.