Winter is comming

flaxton · #1 (**permalink**) 17-09-2009, 04:35 PM

Christmas must be just around the corner

I found a great Flamulina velutipes but it is a bit early.

Mal

timhale197200 · #2 (**permalink**) 17-09-2009, 05:15 PM

Best get my thermals out!!!

SheffieldLass · #3 (**permalink**) 17-09-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by timhale197200

Best get my thermals out!!!

I have already ....

Morchella · #4 (**permalink**) 17-09-2009, 10:08 PM

Andrew found some in July, think their calendar must be up the spout this year.

Beamish · #5 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 07:07 PM

Hi,

I just learned there is rare variety Flammulina fennae, appearing in summer. It looks paler as velutipes as yours do.
Here is a (German) description with photo.
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Cheers,

Martin

Morchella · #6 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 07:25 PM

Mal's ones look pale like the ones in your link but the ones Andrew found were pretty dark. I wasn't with him so am only going on the photo.

Laura

Beamish · #7 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 07:50 PM

Hi Laura,

maybe Andrew's ones were "late" velutipes, but the white gills of Mal's specimen are pointing to F. fennae. Very rare in Germany, only a few sites known. Should be worth to verifie by microscope.

Cheers, Martin

Beamish · #8 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 08:27 PM

sadly I could't edit "verifie" to "verify".

flaxton · #9 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 11:21 PM

Thanks for the input folks. The photo is pretty accurate and the gills were certainly very pale but the caps themselves were a nice bright orange. The spore sizes were all over the place mostly with a Q of well under 2. As for sorting out if "the subcutis had sparse scarcely branched ixohyphidia among the dermatocystidia" as against "multiply branched in part moniliform ixohyphidia"

Overall I think that as it was growing on a fallen log not buried wood and the cap colour was darker than it should be for F fennae I will just go with velutipes.

Mal