three for i'd/confirm

alge · #1 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 02:14 PM

took a little stroll and decided to target fallen wood for a change. i have attempted the first but the second & third are a bit tough for me so its vague stabs at i'ds.

found on a fallen Acer of some type. fruit bodies up to 5cm tall, bulbous, hard to the touch and black in colour white showing in some places where broken. Xylaria polymorpha "Dead mans fingers"

growing on the same tree a trunk over

Polypore???? due to the shots underneath could be Polyporus varius the evidence of some kind of stem helps, pores starting white/cream the going brown with age, bright orange hard cap brown then blackening with age.

growing all around a hazell oops

Corylus on the fallen coppice wands.(not the most in-focus shots sorry) cap up to 1cm across very deep furrows not unlike a parachute(to quote most authors) and white in colour, stems long and black at the base browning as the get near the cap, sorry i now realise how important a shot underneath is where the cap joins the stem. I'm certain it is a Marasmius possibly rotula

Any advise appreciated as always folks

alex

Lancashire Lad · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 02:25 PM

I agree with all three of your ID's.

No.1 is Dead Man's Fingers - Xylaria poymorpha.
No.2 is (I'm almost sure) Elegant Polypore - Polyporus varius (Although that now seems to be known as Blackfoot Polypore - Polyporus leptocephalus).
No.3 is Collared Parachute - Marasmius rotula.

Regards,
Mike.

alge · #3 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 05:31 PM

[quote=Lancashire Lad;534831]I agree with all three of your ID's.

No.2 is (I'm almost sure) Elegant Polypore - Polyporus varius (Although that now seems to be known as Blackfoot Polypore - Polyporus leptocephalus).

mike,

just read your other post and went through a few sites, i agree with you in principal. I assume that when you look at a fungi that has a distribution across huge spans of the northern hemisphere its going to pick up some localised variation and they should be noted but do they warrant a separate classification??

Too tough for me to answer lets ask Mr Darwin....... oh well maybe not.

Thanks for the confirms and on a serious note i'm attending some study days soon hosted by some of kents leading mycologists. i have an ever expanding list of questions to irritate them with and i'll add yours.

(if its not resolved on wab.)

alex