Advice on strange puff ball?

watsthat · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 03:22 PM

Can anyone help with this one found under a cherry tree

Cheers

Pete

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 03:52 PM

Pete
The only thing I could suggest is a Rhizopogon sp which is a Bolete

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Mal

NickCantle · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 03:52 PM

Was it attached to the tree? I know it sounds a bit silly of me to suggest it, but it may be Laetiporus sulphureus in immaturity (though this time of the year, they should be just about decomposing). Other than that, no clue mate!

SheffieldLass · #4 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 07:07 PM

I've been finding some yellow things a bit like this under Picea. They look like very bulbous and somewhat distorted cep stems, without a cap. I assumed for a while that they were infected ceps, as the first few I saw were rather past it, but I've now seen quite a few all looking very similar, and in a fresher condition, so will have to investigate further.

Melanie

watsthat · #5 (**permalink**) 10-09-2010, 08:41 PM

Thanks for replies

I did think about Laetiporus sulphureus but it was growing on the surface, (although roots could have been close). I also considered Choiromyces meandriformis; any comments?

Pete