Fungi on wood chips

[SheffieldLass]

I thought I'd start a new thread on fungi on wood chips. At the moment I'm finding a good range of species on the mixed spruce/birch wood chip piles in the forest near here, and will post a selection.

But this one I've not got any idea what it is. It was definitely growing on the wood chips.



It was about 30mm across the longest dimension. I couldn't get any spores off it, except for Agrocybe rivulosa and Psathyrella as they are fruiting in huge abundance very close by. The hyphae do have clamps.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Melanie

[Ditiola]

Melamie
I think it is the Earth fan, Thelephora terrestris

Peter

[fairplay]

White tips = T.penicillata

Neil.

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by fairplay

White tips = T.penicillata

Neil.

I did wonder about that but it seemed a little small. But it is obviously immature as it is not yet producing spores.
Thanks
Melanie

[Chris Yeates]

that cristate habit would suggest T. penicillata

check out Nordic Macromycetes vol 3, page 301

Chris

[the naturelover]

I am so lucky to have a couple of piles of wood chippings hidden away at the back of my local common. I visit regularly and over the years it has thrown up some great and unusual specimins. Recently I have been monitoring the progress of some psilocybe aurantiaca which just seem to be comeing and comeing. There are now hundreds scattered over a 1 meter wide area. As these are supposed to be fairly rare you can imagine my delight to find them.
But the reason for this post is todays little number just look at this lot for a variety in a half meter square.

Redlead roundhead-- Snakeskin brownie-- Pleated inkcap-- plus others i have yet to id.
Am I happy, Have i had a good day, You guess.
regards tn.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by the naturelover

I am so lucky to have a couple of piles of wood chippings hidden away at the back of my local common. I visit regularly and over the years it has thrown up some great and unusual specimins. Recently I have been monitoring the progress of some psilocybe aurantiaca which just seem to be comeing and comeing. There are now hundreds scattered over a 1 meter wide area. As these are supposed to be fairly rare you can imagine my delight to find them.
But the reason for this post is todays little number just look at this lot for a variety in a half meter square.

Redlead roundhead-- Snakeskin brownie-- Pleated inkcap-- plus others i have yet to id.
Am I happy, Have i had a good day, You guess.
regards tn.

it's unlike these are the true Stropharia aurantiaca (= Psilocybe aurantiaca) . . . .

from one of the supplements to Legon and Henrici's Basidio Checklist:

"LERATIOMYCES Bresinsky & Manfr.
Binder, Z. Mykol. 64(1): 80 (1998)
As a result of a recent molecular investigation by
Bridge et al. [Mycotaxon 103: 109 - 121 (2008)],
the following taxa are placed within the genus.
ceres (Cooke & Massee) Spooner & Bridge,
Mycotaxon 103: 116 (2008)
Mis[identification]: Stropharia aurantiaca sensu auct.
This is the species, common on wood-chip mulch,
generally but erroneously known in the British Isles
as 'Stropharia aurantiaca'. "

cheers

Chris

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

it's unlike these are the true Stropharia aurantiaca (= Psilocybe aurantiaca) . . . .

from one of the supplements to Legon and Henrici's Basidio Checklist:

"LERATIOMYCES Bresinsky & Manfr.
Binder, Z. Mykol. 64(1): 80 (1998)
As a result of a recent molecular investigation by
Bridge et al. [Mycotaxon 103: 109 - 121 (2008)],
the following taxa are placed within the genus.
ceres (Cooke & Massee) Spooner & Bridge,
Mycotaxon 103: 116 (2008)
Mis[identification]: Stropharia aurantiaca sensu auct.
This is the species, common on wood-chip mulch,
generally but erroneously known in the British Isles
as 'Stropharia aurantiaca'. "

cheers

Chris

Can you explain to the rest of us what this means

Mal

[poschiavanus]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Can you explain to the rest of us what this means

Mal

Chris seems to have discovered a vast mine of erudite material with which to baffle us lesser mortals! You're just lucky that it wasn't in Latin (although it was quite instructive to browse a bit of Fries' 182x stuff on Agarics ).

In this case, I think what it means is that the fungus described as Redlead Roundhead by the OP is nothing of the sort, but Leratiomyces ceres which is misidentiifed by one and all (sensu auct.) as Stropharia aurantica or with its synonym Psilocybe aurantica. But I'm sure you really knew that Mal.

[fairplay]

I'm sure Mal did know that, but this is not a new development as this was incorporated in 'Collins' by Sterry & Hughes published in 2009.

Neil.