Gymnopilus fulgens?

ohgreatstew · #1 (**permalink**) 21-03-2010, 03:28 PM

I came accross these today on scrub, downland, in amoungst mixed gorse, hawthorn and ab out 10m from a couple of large dying Oak trees. Subsrate was sphagnum, and dead blackened wood, could have been old firesite.

Cap 1 - 4cm, strating bluntly umbonate, older specimines are infundibuliform, cinnamon, edges show lighter lines coming in.
Stem yellow/brown at apex, quickly browning to very dark brown at base, quite fiberous and scraggy, but not hollow.
Gills lighter tan than cap, light ochre, adnate.
The thing which really doesn't fit here is the season, these are listed as autum, I thought at first it was Galerina phillipsii but there are too many inconsistencies, I have also considered both Laccaria and Naucoria but I am not convinced by either, interested to hear your opinions...

mollisia · #2 (**permalink**) 21-03-2010, 03:34 PM

Hello,

I think they are aged Flammulina velutipes.

best regards,
Andreas

ohgreatstew · #3 (**permalink**) 21-03-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello,

I think they are aged Flammulina velutipes.

best regards,
Andreas

Thanks Andreas, I did look at those but ruled them out as they don't have either the moist cap or the velvet stems, but then I didn't consider how aging might effect them, I am still new to this and I guess after a few years you get to know the annual aging signs of different specimens.