various for id please

[thebeard]

Hi folks went for a good walk today, found plenty of fungi about, as usual there were a good few i couldnt id. taken some photos and spore prints so i wondered if i could get some help please! there are more but i'll just stick to four for now.

1 - i think this could be a Pleurotus species, not too sure as i've got very little experience of them. found lots growing up a fissure in a decidious tree ranging in size from a few mm to around 7cm took one back for further study, spore print was White.


2 - think this could be Marasmius wynnei. only got this pic, didnt take any home though the gills were white, and they were growing from a small branch in sycamore/beech leaf litter.


3 - i've posted this species before, growing inside a stump in a clump. spore print reddy-brown and pictured. previous thread with it in is here More armillaria and a few others for ID (third ones down)


and finally 4 - no idea on this, thought it could be an agaric or a cortinarius (though no actual veil remnants may well rule this out) it was growing in short(ish) grass. stood out to me for some reason, i think the speckled yellow-brown cap was the reason. anyway, the spore print was white, ring on stem, 5-7 cm across. check it out!


as always many thanks for any suggestions
cheers
tom

[thebeard]

Originally Posted by thebeard

and finally 4 - no idea on this, thought it could be an agaric or a cortinarius (though no actual veil remnants may well rule this out) it was growing in short(ish) grass. stood out to me for some reason, i think the speckled yellow-brown cap was the reason. anyway, the spore print was white, ring on stem, 5-7 cm across. check it out!

DUUUH! just read through this and realised a grave error. if it has a white spore print, WHY would it be cortinarius. not even sure why i thought this in the first place....

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by thebeard

DUUUH! just read through this and realised a grave error. if it has a white spore print, WHY would it be cortinarius. not even sure why i thought this in the first place....

have you thought about Armillaria ?

j.

[thebeard]

Originally Posted by gleditsa

have you thought about Armillaria ?

j.

i haven't actually, but you might have a point there.most of the armillaria which were there have disappeared so i didnt even think about that. it seemed to be growing in isolation quite far from any trees, not sure whether this would effect its status as an amillaria. i shall have a look now

cheers
tom

[thebeard]

also, seeing as my gill attatchment knowledge is a bit rubbish, what would these gills be classed as. they look free-ish, but there are some ridges running down the stipe, could just be the way the stipe ends.

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by thebeard

i haven't actually, but you might have a point there.most of the armillaria which were there have disappeared so i didnt even think about that. it seemed to be growing in isolation quite far from any trees, not sure whether this would effect its status as an amillaria. i shall have a look now

cheers
tom

i have found quite a lot recently that were growing in ones or twos, in what appeared open soil/grass, not sure which species they are, but someone else suggested that they could be A.gallica, they had a bulbous base and were distinctly yellowish at the very base, not sure if this also applies to other Armillaria species though, as i can't readily tell the difference between them
the ridged stipe would seem to be a normal characteristic of more mature specimens, from my experiance, and the specimens in your pics look much the same as the ones i have been finding,

j.

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by thebeard

also, seeing as my gill attatchment knowledge is a bit rubbish, what would these gills be classed as. they look free-ish, but there are some ridges running down the stipe, could just be the way the stipe ends.

It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between gills that are free from the stem and those that are finely adnexed i.e. they just touch the stem where it joins to the cap. In this case the gills are adnexed but perhaps with a slight decurrent tooth on the stem in the form of ridges at the very top of the stem. So in this case the gills are actually attached rather than free.

This is Armillaria, as has been suggested.

Ken

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by thebeard

2 - think this could be Marasmius wynnei. only got this pic, didnt take any home though the gills were white, and they were growing from a small branch in sycamore/beech leaf litter.

Marasmius wynnei is a leaf litter feeder so it wouldn't usually be found growing on wood. In any event this looks more like a Mycena and I think it is probably old dried out Mycena archangeliana.

Ken

[thebeard]

thanks very much ken, much appreciated