ID Help Request for Two More

Lancashire Lad · #1 (**permalink**) 18-07-2010, 08:00 PM

Found today, but despite scrutinising all my books, I can't come to any conclusions on these. So any help towards ID would be welcome.

No.1 - Growing in Beech leaflitter soil.
Caps approx. 35mm diameter, stipes approx. 45-50mm tall.
Fairly distinctive stipes with notably paler area close to caps.

No.2 - Growing on woodchip.
May possibly be too immature to make a positive ID
Largest fruitbody approx. 20mm tall, cap approx. 10-12mm diameter.

Regards,
Mike.

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 18-07-2010, 09:35 PM

hi Mike

top one has the look of an Inocybe

the other one is surely a Tubaria . . . (?)

cheers

Chris

Lancashire Lad · #3 (**permalink**) 19-07-2010, 02:31 PM

Thanks for the suggestions Chris.

I'm not getting anywhere with Inocybe for the first - but then my available information is limited to what I can see macroscopically.

I originally thought that the stipes had a "Melanoleuca-ish" look about them, but the gills/colouration definitely don't.

Although I think that the rather "spotty/mottled" appearance of the gills might be a diagnostic feature towards whatever they are.

You've put me on the right track with the second, and I'm pretty happy that these will be Tubaria furfuracea (which I have previously found in the same area).

It was the general appearance of the cap that was throwing me off the scent, as they've always been fairly damp when I've previously seen them, being more of a mid-brown colour, and with definite striated cap.

However, having done some more searching, I understand that they do tend to have this pale / non-striate & scurfy appearance when they are drier.

Thanks again,
Regards,
Mike.