three fungi photos for ID please

cherrybee · #1 (**permalink**) 06-11-2006, 11:48 PM

Help needed on these please 2 are the same fungi
Found in a meadow with deciduous and pine tree woods nearby

NickCantle · #2 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 07:40 AM

not too sure about the other ones but the big white one on the left of the top photo looks like it is Amanita Strobiliformis. Not too sure but looks similar to 1 i found a few weeks ago.

Nick

cherrybee · #3 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 08:41 AM

The top 2 photos are all the same I picked one to lay beside the others to see the stem and in the second one i broke it apart to see the flesh.Dont carry anything to cut it

NickCantle · #4 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 07:54 PM

In that case Cherrybee, I don't have the slightest.

Nick

cherrybee · #5 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 08:16 PM

Pity never mind hope some one can I hate unnamed files

Angelo_Xanthi · #6 (**permalink**) 08-11-2006, 03:16 AM

Hi

I'd agree with Nick, but the gills don't seem white. If so, we turn to Agaricus. It could be A. augustus for the white scaly stem. It's possible that the two light brownish 'eggs' on the right might be something different; I've often seen completely different species growning side by side and even touching! It would be a lot easier if the specimens were bigger and open.

The last one could be Tricholoma fulvum, especially if (as it seems to me) the cap margin is ribbed.

cherrybee · #7 (**permalink**) 08-11-2006, 07:36 AM

The gills were white the one I picked was very close to the others and when I picked it and broke it up they were white.I think it is the lighting.It was exactly like the other 2 in the colouring on the top.Thanks for that

Angelo_Xanthi · #8 (**permalink**) 08-11-2006, 09:58 AM

So, with white gills, Nick's ID could very well be correct. It would help if the stipe base were intact...

cherrybee · #9 (**permalink**) 08-11-2006, 10:12 AM

I was very gentle when i took it out but it broke away unfortunately.I know I am showing my ignorance but I often see the word stipe but not really sure what the stipe is

Angelo_Xanthi · #10 (**permalink**) 08-11-2006, 10:20 AM

Hi Cherry!

A stipe is the stem, the 'leg' of a mushroom.

If we want to take the whole mushroom out of the ground, so that we don't miss the base or a volva that might surround it, we should stick a finger (index finger probably) into the soil right beside it and try to get the fingertip right under the stipe base. We then push the mushroom upwards till we get it out. Of course, we should not do this with every mushroom we find, especially in overpicked areas. However, not much harm will have been done if we take care to cover the remaining mycelium with soil, so that it does not get dry.