mushrooms in my greenhouse

[ManwithNoname]

Originally Posted by fairplay

can you see how similar the attachment of gill to stem is to your photo ?

These are termed as decurrent gills.

Neil.

You have to remember to make allowances for older specimens in which the cap has become inverted. It's easy to be lured into a false perception of the gill attachment. Picture yourself pushing the edges of the cap back down again and think what that would do to the gill apearance.

In this case I'd say the gills were adnate. If the spore print is pale, I'd be inclined to think these could be Melanoleuca. If the spore print turned out to be darker e.g. brown I'd have to have another think.

The problem is that it's not unusual to get exotic species growing in greenhouses.

[morgy]

oh good, so i'm not being totally stupid then!

the spore print is white.
no microscope i'm afraid...

rog.

[fairplay]

It helps a lot when the fungus is shown the right way up and in more detail - I was literally twisting my neck to make it out.

Anyway, my apologies to you. (I must be getting old)

Neil.