your opinions on 5 fungi please

[the naturelover]

Hi I've realy tried hard today to identify these but, as usual i'm a little unsure.after you have a laugh can you please confirm my id's.

red cracking bolete? displays all the signs. blue staining when cut. underside classic bolete. red stem. BUT the cap top is a dark shiny tan colour. not the dry velvety texture i am used to.

Common puffball? problem is it is a peach colour not pure white and growing on an old tree stump not in grass.

porcelain fungus? found growing on a dead branch on the ground in grassland under a verry old and large oak.

shaggy inkcap? not a good example. bit bothered about the lack of curly bits (a technical term) on the cap.

cauliflower fungi?? this was huge. two clumps 1 and a half feet tall and a foot across. on a dead tree stump in an oak forest covered in brambles. my initial thought was cauliflower fungi but it is dark brown/black not white each lobe is fan or oak leaf in shape. It is like a multi tiered bracket fungi in habit. the only other idea was turkeys tail but looks nothing like any other one that ive seen.
As usual all help gratefully appreciated. regards. tn.

[Chris Yeates]

hi

the top one has a slimy cap and a veil - I'd say Suillus luteus (EDIT - though the spores shouldn't be bluing )

second is Lycoperdon pyriforme

Oudemansiella mucida - correct

your shaggy ink-cap is a stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

I'm not the greatest on brackets, but I would say Grifola frondosa - nothing like Sparassis I'm afraid

cheers

Chris

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

the top one has a slimy cap and a veil - I'd say Suillus luteus (EDIT - though the spores shouldn't be bluing )

Tubes are turning blue because it is Boletus badius. (No veil present.)

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

I would say Grifola frondosa

Agreed.

Ken

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

Tubes are turning blue because it is Boletus badius. (No veil present.)

Ken

you are (of course) quite correct Ken

I was misinterpreting the right hand f-body as being an underside - no pores visible, therefore covered by a veil . . . . .

derrrrrh! (I did have second thoughts, mind . . . .)

C

[the naturelover]

not bad for me 1 and a half out of 5!. as always my thanks for your time and expertise. I'm sure I'll be back with more. regards. tn.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by the naturelover

not bad for me 1 and a half out of 5!. as always my thanks for your time and expertise. I'm sure I'll be back with more. regards. tn.

I know I can hardly talk having gaffed on the bolete

but not spotting stinkhorn . . . . .

keep at it! it can be quite fun and addictive can't it?

cheers

C