ID please!

[stickman]

Hey all,

These were found a couple of weeks ago, growing with birch and oak. Viscid caps, slightly sweet smell. Spore print brown (you can see this on the furthest cap).



Initially I was thinking Cortinarius but now I'm leaning toward Hebeloma.....

Cheers all.
Nick.

[fairplay]

I would agree with Hebeloma, and that's as far as you will get I suspect with no microscopic details, but I will put forward the suggestion of H.leucosarx and see what Andreas has to say.

Neil.

[stickman]

Thanks for the suggestion Neil.

Happy with just the genus for this one!

I'm trying to limit myself to bring home one specimen a day for the microscope otherwise I find myself getting overwhelmingly confuzzled.

Unfortunately this means I have loads of photos that are near impossible to ID.

Nick.

[mollisia]

Hello,

I would tend more towards Cortinarius with this one. The spore print looks to vivid for Hebeloma and the stipe is quite smooth. In fact, it even looks a little bit shiny, what would point towards a species from subgenus Myxacium. Here we are ni the right place in my opinion, something near Cortinarius ochroleucus may be.

To separate Cortinarius from Hebeloma a look through the microscope on the gill edge is sufficient, because all Hebelomas have cheilocystidia, whereas 99,9% of all Cortinarii have none (or only very inconspiciouse, basidia-like cells that shouldn't be named cystidia).

best regards,
Andreas

[stickman]

Actually Andreas it was the photo of C.ochroleucus on your website that made think Cortinarius in the first place!

Thanks for the tip regarding cheilocystidia.

Nick.