Transparent toadstools ID help please

[rebel_webster]

Hi all,

My sister in Worcestershire sent me these photos (apologies for quality - they were printed on plain paper and then scanned in by me) of these translucent/transparent fungi growing in her lawn about a month ago. I can't tell you much about them other than they are about 70mm tall and are not in close proximity to any trees.
Does anyone have an idea of their identity?
Thank you in advance

kind regards

Simon

[Cordaline]

Hi rebel_webster.
I'm afraid I can't help with the ID, someone else will though I'm sure.
They are very delicate in appearance aren't they.
Welcome to WAB.

[rebel_webster]

Hi Cordaline,

Thank you for the welcome. I know little about fungi so passed these images to a friend of mine who leads "mushroom forays" in the New Forest, but he couldn't positively identify them. He thought maybe something like leucocoprinus brebissonii despite the fact these should be in deciduous woodland?

kind regards

Simon

[NickCantle]

Afternoon Simon,

These are from a complex of very similar mushrooms that used to be one family. They've now been split into many subgenuses and as a result are harder to correctly name Coprinus/Coprinellus/ is a good place to start!

Nick

Definitely not Leucocoprinus brebissonii though (my picture of that comes up second in Google images )

[pressld2]

I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest Hare's Foot Inkcap - Coprinopsis lagopus.

Dave P.

[Cordaline]

I'm going to stick my neck out & say, "Note to self:- must learn more about Fungi!"

[Adam Cheeseman]

Coprinus lagopus for me. The only other I might confuse it with I can think of is Coprinus plicatilis but they tend not to have the buff centre

[rebel_webster]

Thanks Nick, Dave and Adam. Having been steered on course by Nick and looked at numerous pictures, I was torn between the two species mentioned in Adam's reply. Nothing looks quite right to me, but I bow to everyone's greater experience.

kind regards

Simon

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Coprinus lagopus for me. The only other I might confuse it with I can think of is Coprinus plicatilis but they tend not to have the buff centre

agreed almost certainly Coprinopsis lagopus - that tendency for the cap to go 'papery' and to persist after the gills have deliquesced is typical

can't be a Parasola e.g. P. plicatilis as it plainly has velar remnants in the centres of the caps (also far too big)

cheers

Chris

[pressld2]

Wow! I am getting good! I even beat Nick to the ID. Roll on Clumber Park - you line 'em up and I'll sort 'em out!

Dave P.