Turmeric coloured mushroom-Anyone?

[fairplay]

Now that we can now see the gills (which surely you must have known were very important to aid identification ?) this is beginning to look like a Gymnopilus species, but I am not prepared to go beyond that.

Neil.

[Ditiola]

Hi
I do happen to have a very good book on Japanese fungi:

Mad-About-Nature, perhaps you should try to get a copy

I do not know what the book is called or the name of the author, as all the text is in Japanese. But the ISBN number is: ISBN4-635-0902-5 (or C0645 P4630E) The photographs in this book are all excellent.

You do have a lot of fungi that do not occur in the UK

There is a similar looking bright yellow fungus included on p.235 which is Pholiota malicola var.macropodia.

Peter

[Mad about Nature]

That seems to be an unusual book to have in Britain especially if you don't understand Japanese script, how did you come across it?

I do have an extremely good Japanese Fungi book myself and can read some Japanese but the difficulty is they have there own names for the different varieties of Fungi.
In my book at least!

[Ditiola]

The Latin names are the same and the photos are really good

Had it a few years, obtained from a specialist supplier who are no longer in business

Peter

[mollisia]

Originally Posted by Ditiola

Hi
I do happen to have a very good book on Japanese fungi:

Mad-About-Nature, perhaps you should try to get a copy

I do not know what the book is called or the name of the author, as all the text is in Japanese. But the ISBN number is: ISBN4-635-0902-5 (or C0645 P4630E) The photographs in this book are all excellent.

Hello,

I have the same book, it is sometimes found as second hand exemplaire. It has really good fotos, especially if you take into account that it is more then 20 years old now.
IMAZEKI, R., Y. OTANI & T. HONGO (1988) – Fungi of Japan. 624 S. (in japanese). Tokyo.

best regards,
Andreas

[Mad about Nature]

You lucky people, sounds like a great book but seems quite difficult to get hold of a copy, surely I can find one in Japan......

Now Neil back to this Gymnopilus spp, I have been doing some research and I don't want to bring your knowledge into disrepute or anything but there are a hell of a lot of them and somehow the caps and stems seem too thick and bloated could I say?
If I had to at a push I think I would edge my bets on Gymnopilus penetrans some images I have come across look somewhat similar yet others definitely don't!

How's this for a similarity?
http://liboupat2.free.fr/champili/gymnopil.JPG

Why is Fungal identification such a minefield....

Ant.

[mollisia]

Hello,

I still bet my money on Pholiota, not on Gymnopilus. The cap surface looks quite greasy, what would suite much better for Pholiota then for Gymnopilus.

Gymnopilus has a mess of species in the tropics and subtropics, especially those with the purple tinges on the cap are legion. Pholiota is in my opinion a neglected genus seen from worldwide scale. For Europe there is a recent monograph by HOLEC, which led to several new species. It must be even more undescribed ones in other areas.
I don't know how Japan is connected to the subtropics. In Europe there is no continous flow og species from the tropics to the temperate zone, but in America there is. May be in East Asia it is the same. If so, you always have to bear in mind that you can fall upon subtropic species in special biotops. What would make the dtermination of Gymnopilus quite impossible.

best regards,
Andreas

[Mad about Nature]

Certainly something to think about Andreas, I will have to dig a lit bit more deeply into the detritus ridden and rather extensive world of Pholiota spp.

You are right about the cap, was a little bit greasy but it was also pretty wet conditions at the time which enhances that appearance.

Many Thanks
Ant