East Sussex Fungi - help with unidentified

[Baerbel]

This is my second posting today; so much fungi about that I don't know where to turn.

Anyway, here are the unidentified ones from this morning (well, the reasonable in focus ones anyway).

1. Some type of Bracket Fungi



2. Possibly some sort of Lactarius



3. Suspect that this is a False Death Cap with the "flecking" having been washed off but not sure as others nearby were "nude" as well.



4. The Blusher / Panther Cap debate continues



5. Very delicate Fairy Coral; would appreciate pinning this one down



6. Lactarius ???



7. This fungi had a beautiful dark brown cap and very white stem



8. Some sort of Boletes; I'm not any good at identifying them so need help with them



9. Unknown white



Sorry there are so many but.......

Might go out again later so may be even more.

[GerryNick2]

I think I can help you with three of these.

First though a few tips to aid identification. Try to get gill shots, make a note of the habitat i.e. which trees are about and take a note of the cap and stem dimensions. Passing this information on can greatly assist identification. Unfortunately there is a very small % of British fungi that can be identified from a photograph of the cap alone.

Having played detective the possibilities are:-

No.1 Piptoporus betulinus 'Birch Polypore' given that it appears to be growing on a Birch log.

No.5 Ramariopsis kunzei, there are several similar species but your example appears to have pointed tips which narrows it down, the others having blunt tips. Usually grows in close proximity of conifers. If there were no conifers nearby then its back to the drawing board. Have a look at the one in the Gallery I posted earlier today.

No 6 Xerula radicata, matches the description well. The only way to be sure is to dig it up and examine the root. You should find a long tap root. It gives the appearance of growing on soil but in effect it has a very long tap root and is growing off underground tree roots.

Hope this helps.

Gerry

[Baerbel]

Hi there, Gerry. I agree with the Birch Polypore.

Unfortunately, No.5 was found in deciduous woodland. Undoubtedly there are conifers in the area but not near this fungi. Also, I have looked at your Gallery 'photo but yours seems a little different to mine; yours seems to be made up of several individual unjoined "spikes" whereas mine was several "joined" spikes. I agree that these are very difficult to identify.

Sorry, but I don't think that Xerula radicata is correct for No. 6 as in my books that fungi has a pronounced umbo in the centre and some markedly "stripey lined" marks on the cap and my fungi has a pronounced "dip" and no "stripey lined" marks on the cap.

[arvensis]

No.4 I think is Amanita ceciliae

Mark

[Angelo_Xanthi]

No 4: I totally agree with Arvensis, it's a typical Amanita ceciliae. I will also agree about the R. kunzei and P. betulinus. I'm sure No 6 is by no means a X. radicata; it does look like a Lactarius to me. No 3: I think it's highly unlikely that it's a false death cap; I'm confident it's a dangerous amanita, perhaps A. verna or A. phalloides var. alba. You should check the volva: if it's not touching the stipe (or even if it is, but it's membranous and rather thin), then it's a very dangerous one!