Lost cause?

BROCSMAN · #1 (**permalink**) 14-08-2010, 07:52 PM

Not a great set of photos I know, but I'm hoping someone will be able to ID it. I'm convinced it's an Amanita, because of the velar remnants on the cap. Growing out of the muddy edge of a path in mixed woodland. The base had been squished, so couldn't clearly see a volva. Those snakeskin marks on the stipe must be a help. I'm wondering about A. submembranacea, although the cap was grey rather than greenish. Spores are globose, that's the best picture I can get with my USB camera.

Any ideas?

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 14-08-2010, 08:24 PM

hi

the spores certainly look Amanita-like; I'll leave it to those who know more about the genus than I to take it further . . . . things must be pretty thin on the ground in Brocsmanville if you're giving valuable microscope time to this

good luck!

cheers

Chris

BROCSMAN · #3 (**permalink**) 14-08-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

the spores certainly look Amanita-like; I'll leave it to those who know more about the genus than I to take it further . . . . things must be pretty thin on the ground in Brocsmanville if you're giving valuable microscope time to this

good luck!

cheers

Chris

Thin on the ground? A new Amanita would be the most exciting thing to happen to Shropshire since Stella Gibbons! Of course that's only my view...