Help with identifying several unknown Fungi

Daver1000 · #1 (**permalink**) 28-08-2010, 03:07 PM

Hi,
I found these today while walking in near some woods, I would like some help identifing them.

1) Charcoal burner?

2) ?

3)Brown Birch?

4) Bay Bolete?

5) Amethyst deceiver?

SheffieldLass · #2 (**permalink**) 28-08-2010, 07:38 PM

#3 is a Leccinum, but possibly not Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete) as the stem scabers look rather pale, the stem isn't as chunky as Leccinum scabrum usually is, and the cap is a bit on the pale side too. With Leccinum to narrow it down you do need to do a cross-section cut and then bruise (press) the stem and cap flesh and look to see what colours it flushes. Look out for any blue-green especially near the stem base. You may still not get it to species level even then without a microscope though.

#5 Amethyst deceiver

Melanie

Chris Yeates · #3 (**permalink**) 28-08-2010, 08:18 PM

2 is Amanita rubescens, the blusher; yes to Boletus badius; don't do Russula

cheers

Chris

Daver1000 · #4 (**permalink**) 29-08-2010, 06:51 AM

Thank you both Melanie, Chris.
I am getting better at identifying some fungi, but there are still a few I have no idea about.

mollisia · #5 (**permalink**) 29-08-2010, 09:00 PM

Hello,

no. 1 is a Russula of the section Griseinae. May be it is even Russula cyanoxantha, but I don't think so. The gills look briddle, they just don't have the air of cyanoxantha .... May be it is Russula grisea, or parazurea, or ionochlora. Here details of the exact spore colour, the ecology and the micro details of the cuticule are required.

best regards,
Andreas

Andy Overall · #6 (**permalink**) 30-08-2010, 05:20 PM

[quote=mollisia;670944]Hello,

no. 1 is a Russula of the section Griseinae. May be it is even Russula cyanoxantha, but I don't think so. The gills look briddle, they just don't have the air of cyanoxantha .... May be it is Russula grisea, or parazurea, or ionochlora. Here details of the exact spore colour, the ecology and the micro details of the cuticule are required.

best regards,
Andreas[/a

As you would know Andrea a good way of separating these without doubt is with an iron salt crystal FeSO4. R. cyanoxantha has a negative reaction greenish/grey whereas the other two mentioned will react postively with a bright salmon colour. As you mention the flexible gills of R. cyanoxantha are also a good characterisitic should you not be able to do the iron salt test. Handy little thing to have for Russula.

Andy