Can anyone help me with these please.

nobby c · #1 (**permalink**) 25-09-2010, 04:18 PM

I found these today and would like to know what they may be.
The purple gill one was found in a mix of pine and beech trees.

DanTe · #2 (**permalink**) 25-09-2010, 05:09 PM

Before the real pro's get in I'll have a shot at Cortinarius bivellus for the first ones but I'm by no stretch of the imagination a pro. I'd be interested in knowing exactly what these are too as we found some on a trip out last week.

DanTe · #3 (**permalink**) 25-09-2010, 05:10 PM

Before the real pro's get in I'll have a shot at Cortinarius bivellus for the first ones but I'm by no stretch of the imagination a pro. I'd be interested in knowing exactly what these are too as we found some on a trip out last week.

nobby c · #4 (**permalink**) 25-09-2010, 07:28 PM

The more I look at fungi, the more unsure I am about them !
Thanks for the reply.

DanTe · #5 (**permalink**) 26-09-2010, 12:32 PM

Thought you might of got a bit more help nobby c as they strike me as a helpful bunch on here....

NickCantle · #6 (**permalink**) 26-09-2010, 12:55 PM

I think the lack of replies might be due to the fact that there's a Cortinarius on the page

The last is Armillaria, that's for sure!

DanTe · #7 (**permalink**) 26-09-2010, 01:13 PM

I had to hit the books to get anywhere near when I found the exact same ones the other week. bivellus was as close as I could get, I take it Continarius Sp are notoriously difficult then? Mine had rust brown spore prints.
Good to see a fellow norfolk boy mushroomer Nick although I tend to just stick to the ones we're not allowed to talk about.

NickCantle · #8 (**permalink**) 26-09-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DanTe

I had to hit the books to get anywhere near when I found the exact same ones the other week. bivellus was as close as I could get, I take it Continarius Sp are notoriously difficult then? Mine had rust brown spore prints.
Good to see a fellow norfolk boy mushroomer Nick although I tend to just stick to the ones we're not allowed to talk about.

Cortinarius are ridiculously hard because there are literally hundreds of them (possibly thousands worldwide), many that look similar. They all have rusty spore drops and are one of the most pain in the butt genuses to ID.

Hell to the yeah Norfolk 'shroomer

nobby c · #9 (**permalink**) 26-09-2010, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the help,
I think I will try and keep away from the first buggers then ! Don't worry i'm sure I can find more to identify as I am Very new to fungi. (only been looking at them for about two weeks) !!

It's more about my photography , I like to know what they are.