Three for ID and confirm please..

TeresaW · #1 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 04:54 PM

Boy hasn't the rain made a difference?

Here's some I found today. First one that made my day, as I think it's probably neobulgaria pura, Beech Jellydisc

Next, what I think is Cudoniella acicularis, Oak pin. Difficult to get a sharp focus on this as it was so tiny. Found on a rotting oak stump.

The last one was found on the corresponding oak trunk. It looks like root rot, Heterobasidion annosumor could it be bleeding oak crust, Stereum gausapatum, or something I hadn't even thought of? (more likely

)

Thanks for looking.

watsthat · #2 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 05:32 PM

Hi Teresa

I think your first one might be Auricularia auricula-judae

Cheers

Pete

TeresaW · #3 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 05:40 PM

Hi Pete. Just had a look in my book and it's certainly a possibility too. I'll have to go back in a couple of days and see how it developes. Thanks for that.

Chris Yeates · #4 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 06:45 PM

hi

a classic example of when a complimentary shot, showing an underside, view from the side, etc might well help . . .

I think Pete's suggestion is a very good one

I think Cudoniella acicularis is probably correct

for the bottom one, it's difficult to get a sense of scale; I don't think it's either Heterobasidion or Stereum, and sticking my neck out would suggest young Meripilus giganteus . . .

best wishes

CXhris

TeresaW · #5 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 07:01 PM

Hi Chris, I'll see if I can get something better tomorrow morning, weather permitting, but it's very small and very young, mostly little dots at the moment, hard to get underside shots.

I couldn't get anything better on the Cudoniella acicularis, Oak pin, it's a bit difficult to get an underside shot on something just 3mm tall

The last one, well the one on bottom right, is about 3cm maximum, if that helps.

ManwithNoname · #6 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TeresaW

I couldn't get anything better on the Cudoniella acicularis, Oak pin, it's a bit difficult to get an underside shot on something just 3mm tall

Judging by the size of the beech leaf in the foreground some of the larger ones must have been quite a bit taller than 3mm. I think you definitely should have picked one to check whether there were gills or not. It looks to me like some of the fruitbodies have a slightly scurfy cap, which Cudoniella acicularis would not. If you do go back, you should definitely have a peek to see what's underneath the cap of one of the larger specimens. I'd be inclined to suspect there may be gills hidden away under there.

TeresaW · #7 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 09:37 PM

I'm down there most days so I will check it out again. Meanwhile, I've just cropped a couple of pics to death, but shows a little more detail...and you're right, it is a slightly scurfy cap and the stipe looks anything but smooth too. Here's a couple of them.

If not Cudoniella acicularis then what?

flaxton · #8 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 10:21 PM

Collybia cookei

When you go back check carefully for sclerotium

Mal

TeresaW · #9 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Fascinating stuff, thanks for the help guys, I'll get some more detail over the next couple of days for sure, but Collybia cookei seems the most likely now I look at it.

And I'll get the underside of the Auricularia too. It might be big enough to enable me to move the twig by then

Chris Yeates · #10 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TeresaW

I'm down there most days so I will check it out again. Meanwhile, I've just cropped a couple of pics to death, but shows a little more detail...and you're right, it is a slightly scurfy cap and the stipe looks anything but smooth too. Here's a couple of them.

If not Cudoniella acicularis then what?

that's no asco . . . .

Chris