4 Fungi for ID please

[gobbiner]

Thank you for naming these for me...Ray

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by gobbiner

Parasola sp. - possibly Parasola leiocephala - needs microscopy


Lepiota sp., perhaps most likely Lepiota cristata - did it have a distinctive smell?


looks like Tarzetta catinus

probably a Boletus sp.

some views of the undersides would be helpful in future . . . .

cheers

Chris

PS please don't take any of the above as nailed-on ID's

[gobbiner]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

probably a Boletus sp.

some views of the undersides would be helpful in future . . . .

cheers

Chris

PS please don't take any of the above as nailed-on ID's

Thank you Chris i didnt like handling them but i will remember that

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by gobbiner

Thank you Chris i didnt like handling them but i will remember that

Do you mean you didn't like handling so as not to damage them, or you're a bit squeamish? (can't believe the latter); don't forget that picking them at this stage will not do the business end of the fungus any harm at all . . . . so you can photograph the gills, take them home and make a spore-print etc. (and indeed if you have found something rare, then drying and keeping the specimen(s) so that they can go to a museum or other collection may be advisable

if it's just a view of the gills, then pick carefully - get the base of the stem as well, because features there can be important, handle as gently and as little as possible and get your photo's; when you are done you can hang the fungus right way up in the cleft of a couple of twigs on a tree - the fungus will already have shed hundreds of thousands of spores, but up at a height the spread can continue

cheers

Chris

PS - and do read John's excellent advice at Help us to help you identify fungi