Local Fungi Walk

[Plonkloner]

Hello everybody

I had a short walk around some old waste land in Leigh,Lancashire on sunday.
The area has a mix of oak,birch and alder anda all where to be found next to all of these Fungi i found.

Just wondered if you can you help me get some +ID's
So we have some idea of what can be found in Leigh.

my ideas are :-
DSCN3264 - Orange Birch Bolete
DSCN3255 - A young Brittlegill of some sort, i say young as i know them to grow much bigger in the place i found this one.
DSCN3252 - Milk Caps of some sort , i did notice that they did not smell very much like 'mushroom' , they had a hint of aniseed about them ?
DSCN3245 -These chaps are very , very small, only a few mm in size. They where near some boletes and between oak and birch.
DSCN3243 - a birch brown bolete

[NickCantle]

Hello!

First and last are correct. Your Milk caps are in fact Paxillus involutus

Nick

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Plonkloner

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So we have some idea of what can be found in Leigh.

DSCN3245 -These chaps are very , very small, only a few mm in size. They where near some boletes and between oak and birch.
DSCN3243 - a birch brown bolete

these look very like a true Collybia species (as opposed to maculata, dryophila, butyracea, peronata , fusipes etc.)

you need to see their manner of growth - I'm posting something re these tomorrow - will link to it

cheers

Chris

[Plonkloner]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Hello!

First and last are correct. Your Milk caps are in fact Paxillus involutus

Nick

thanks nick


Paxillus involutus for my milk caps ?
YUK that means the area is riddled with these 'brown roll rims'

i had no idea they (brown roll rims) could differ so much in apperance, than the other roll rims i thought i had an ID for.

[Plonkloner]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

these look very like a true Collybia species (as opposed to maculata, dryophila, butyracea, peronata , fusipes etc.)

you need to see their manner of growth - I'm posting something re these tomorrow - will link to it

cheers

Chris

Thanks chris

I found a good few clumps of them and can get more pictures or details of them if you like??
I will be out again for the next few sundays in the same area so can quickly get shots/data. Thats assuming they dont change much in 7 days

[Plonkloner]

Originally Posted by Plonkloner

Thanks chris

I found a good few clumps of them and can get more pictures or details of them if you like??
I will be out again for the next few sundays in the same area so can quickly get shots/data. Thats assuming they dont change much in 7 days

ahh on just a quick search with google i notice that the black bit they are growing on could well be the 'habitat on blackened mushroom remains'. At the time i did wonder what it was and that one of the reasons i took the shot.
I guess the remains are possiably one of the birch brown boltetes found close by. ?

Very Very interesting..

thanks

[Plonkloner]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

these look very like a true Collybia species (as opposed to maculata, dryophila, butyracea, peronata , fusipes etc.)

you need to see their manner of growth - I'm posting something re these tomorrow - will link to it

cheers

Chris

on further reading... would a spore print help much ?

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by Plonkloner

on further reading... would a spore print help much ?

First check if they are growing from sclerota and if so its colour.

Mal

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by Plonkloner

my ideas are :-
DSCN3264 - Orange Birch Bolete
....
DSCN3243 - a birch brown bolete

Correct with the first one, Leccinum versipelle
The last one is a Leccinum, definitely, but without cutting the stem to see how the flesh changes colour, and then possibly/probably resorting to microscopy I'd personally be reluctant to put a species name to it. They are a tricky group.

Melanie

[NickCantle]

Have you been conducting studies on Leccinum over the past few weeks Melanie? You're all of a sudden extremely cautious with them