Mycena species ?

[chrisjohnson]

Comments and possible identification of the following 2 Mycena species would be appreciated. Both photographed in damp ground in a conifer plantation on South Uist on 24/08/09.
Sorry only photographs again.

Thanks

Chris

[flaxton]

Chris
I am not entirely convinced that the first is a Mycena and could be one of the small Collybia(Microcollybia) such as C cookei
The second is a Mycena which could be M filopes which should have had a smell of iodine or it could have been M galopus which of course when fresh would have bled a white liquid on breaking the stem.

Mal

[chrisjohnson]

Mal
Thank you for the helpful comments as usual, I will do some more research and reading tomorrow. I know the spot as there are not many trees on South Uist, and will be better prepared this year.
Chris

[mollisia]

Hello,

this could be interesting to find again and foto properly and collect for examination. The stipe shows that it is certainly no Mycena, but the idea Collybia looks pretty near. The cracking of the cap is on the other hand a feature that is found in some species of the genera Clitocybe and Rhodocybe or of Ripartites. I don't know it from a Collybia species. Together with the nearly white cap colour this collections shows a strange combination of feautres - I have no idea of this one.

best regards,
Andreas

[chrisjohnson]

Hello Andreas
Those are really interestring and exciting observations and I will endeavour to try and relocate it this year. As you will have gathered from my earlier replies; I am very much a beginner and have done nothing to help with identification. With increased knowledge and helpful advice, I will be better equipped for the coming season.
Regards, Chris

[mollisia]

Originally Posted by chrisjohnson

As you will have gathered from my earlier replies; I am very much a beginner and have done nothing to help with identification. With increased knowledge and helpful advice, I will be better equipped for the coming season.

Hi Chris,

no problem, as we all have been beginners one day. And we all have been asked question about characters we wouldn't have dreamed of their existence Be assured, that even with increasing knowledge there will still be groups of fungi here and there, where specialists can ask you about features for determination which you have never heared of and which you won't find in any books .... One of my last eye-opener was the question when I was showing a foto of a crust to a specialist of corticioid fungi: "How did it smell?" I have never dreamed of sniffing at crusts - He was right, it turned out to be Scytinostroma portenstosum, a species with a distinct smell like moth powder ....

best regards,
Andreas

[fairplay]

Quote Andreas:
He was right, it turned out to be Scytinostroma portenstosum, a species with a distinct smell like moth powder ....



It was the smell that made me find this 4 years ago.
As soon as I lifted the log, I knew what I had found before I even saw the fungi. It was on Salix and is still growing well and spreading.

Neil.

[chrisjohnson]

Salutary lesson Andeas, I am taking it all on board.
Regards, Chris