Really small fungi for ID help please ..

jaybie · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 06:55 PM

Small fungi all found under Birch ..

#1 on fallen/rotten wood .. the caps of these are about 2mm across.

#2 on leaf litter .. cap size of the largest is about 12mm.

#3 on rotting Silver Birch .. cap size about 3mm.

Any pointers as to genus of any of these would be appreciated.

JohnB

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 07:06 PM

hi

top is the stalked acomycete Cudoniella acicularis

middle has the look of a Tubaria about it

bottom (as political commentators always love to say) "It's too early to tell . . . . "

cheers

Chris

jaybie · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 08:02 PM

Thanks Chris

Pity I can't get back to look at the 3rd one again to see any changes

JohnB

Chris Yeates · #4 (**permalink**) 03-10-2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jaybie

Thanks Chris

Pity I can't get back to look at the 3rd one again to see any changes

JohnB

in fact, looking again, it might well be the same as the second one - as a general rule if you can examine the characters of very young fruitbodies, where the nature and development of the cortina can be seen, plus older more mature ones, it can help a lot with ID's - especially in genera such as Cortinarius (natch

), Hebeloma, Inocybe etc.

Chris