Four fungi for ID please

[lipase]

1. A blue staining bolete (Boletus cisalpinus?)



2. What I'm fairly certain is Agaricus campestris.



3. Hygrocybe ceracea (Golden waxcap)?



4. And a mouldy fungus of some sort. I think the original fungus is a little bit past identifying but I'd like to know what this is growing on top.

[flaxton]

Xerocomus cisalpinus is described as having a variable cap colour cracking to reveal pinkish/red flesh to that is good but the stem is very distinctive in having a bright golden yellow above and strongly red punctate below. With this in mind I would go for good old X chrysenteron.
The last is a Bolete of some sort infected by Hypomyces chrysospermus

Mal

[SheffieldLass]

Because the gills of the waxcap are not decurrent I don't think Hygrocybe ceracea. I'm tempted to go for Hygrocybe psittacina although there isn't any really obvious green, but the yellow is a bit murky, with the base of the stem has a possible hint of green and also the gills look slightly pinkish. It might just be the light it was taken in though. The other possibility is Hygrocybe chlorophana, but that usually has a clean yellow. Did you do the kiss test? The cap of H ceracea is lubricous, H chlorophana lubricous to viscid, H psittacina viscid. H ceracea has a dry stem, H chlorophana can have a dry or moist to viscid stem. [i]H psittacina [/I has a viscid stem.

Cheers
Melanie

[lipase]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Xerocomus cisalpinus is described as having a variable cap colour cracking to reveal pinkish/red flesh to that is good but the stem is very distinctive in having a bright golden yellow above and strongly red punctate below. With this in mind I would go for good old X chrysenteron.
The last is a Bolete of some sort infected by Hypomyces chrysospermus

Mal

Thanks for the ID Mal,

Bizzarely the Collins complete guide doesn't mention Xerocomus chrysenteron (or the red cracking bolete under any other latin names it has gone by according to Wikipedia at least) even though it's supposed to be a 'common' species. If I'm being honest I didn't think it was either the red cracking bolete or X. cisalpinus because of the pale colour of the cap below (although it is reddish in places). Is it that the redness just comes with age?

Jack

[lipase]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Because the gills of the waxcap are not decurrent I don't think Hygrocybe ceracea. I'm tempted to go for Hygrocybe psittacina although there isn't any really obvious green, but the yellow is a bit murky, with the base of the stem has a possible hint of green and also the gills look slightly pinkish. It might just be the light it was taken in though. The other possibility is Hygrocybe chlorophana, but that usually has a clean yellow. Did you do the kiss test? The cap of H ceracea is lubricous, H chlorophana lubricous to viscid, H psittacina viscid. H ceracea has a dry stem, H chlorophana can have a dry or moist to viscid stem. [i]H psittacina [/I has a viscid stem.

Cheers
Melanie

Cheers Melanie,

I must have overlooked the gill attachment part. Now you say it I think I may be able to make out a tiny hint of green at the edge of the cap aswell at one side...

I had originally ruled out H. chlorophana because the cap seems to be almost conical and the descriptions I had read said H. chlorophana was convex to flat. I'm afraid I didn't do the kiss test because I have no idea what it is!? It sounds interesting.

Jack

Oh yeah I forgot to add the only other photo I have of that waxcap. Here we go:



Oh, I've just realised that H. ceracea description doesn't mention the cap being conical either... Perhaps I was just being unobservant.

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by lipase

Cheers Melanie,

I must have overlooked the gill attachment part. Now you say it I think I may be able to make out a tiny hint of green at the edge of the cap aswell at one side...

I had originally ruled out H. chlorophana because the cap seems to be almost conical and the descriptions I had read said H. chlorophana was convex to flat. I'm afraid I didn't do the kiss test because I have no idea what it is!? It sounds interesting.

Jack

Oh yeah I forgot to add the only other photo I have of that waxcap. Here we go:



Oh, I've just realised that H. ceracea description doesn't mention the cap being conical either... Perhaps I was just being unobservant.

The kiss test is to put your lips against the cap, which even if the cap has dried out will tell you if the cap is dry, waxy or viscid. Far more reliable than touching it with fingers with their coarse skin.

With your latest pic I'm now wondering whether it is an orangey coloured blackening waxcap (they are usually more red, but can sometimes be almost yellow) rather than the parrot waxcap. Can't quite tell if the black on that is it staining through bruising or just foreign matter ... on the stem it looks suspiciously like staining. The cap of that is waxy rather than viscid, and the stem dry not viscid.

Melanie

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

With your latest pic I'm now wondering whether it is an orangey coloured blackening waxcap

Must admit, that crossed my mind!