can anyone help with this fungi please

nigel pinhorn · #1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 10:50 AM

white spored, caps 2-4 cm, stipe 3-4cm
ruled out gymnopilus penetrans, kuehneromyces mutabilis and galerina marginata on spore colour and tricholomopsis decora on lack of brown fibres on cap
can anyone help
many thanks
nigel

Lancashire Lad · #2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 12:04 PM

They have a "Collybia" like look to me. I can't see if the gills are free, and although the gills look pale yellow in the second photo, they definitely look white-ish in the first.
My suggestion would be along the lines of Buttercap - Collybia butyracea.

Regards,
Mike.

nigel pinhorn · #3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 12:14 PM

agree with collybia look to the gills - they are certainly crowded but they are strongly yellow-brown (in fact, quite concolorous with cap and stem
nigel

Lancashire Lad · #4 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 12:31 PM

Hi Nigel,
The gills look quite a bit lighter than caps/stipes on the photos, but if they are really similar in colour, then I can't suggest what they might be.

One for the experts I think!

Regards,
Mike.

FungiJohn · #5 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 01:10 PM

Hello Nigel

Probably Melanoleuca Melaleuca

John

nigel pinhorn · #6 (**permalink**) 05-10-2010, 08:38 PM

thanks john
i have been searching through melanoleuca pictures on the web and am inclined to think mine might be melanoleuca cognata var. cognata (photo also in Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 3)
i shall see if i can get something conclusive microscopically either on my own or with help from people more used to looking through a microscope
thanks again
nigel
ps i really like the site and no doubt will post regularly through the season

nigel pinhorn · #7 (**permalink**) 17-06-2011, 03:01 PM

hi

calocybe chrysenteron was suggested for these in the end

see image below

looks quite a good fit for me - i shall look out for it again this coming autumn and see if i can get a definite id

nigel, exeter

Yahoo! Image Detail for - http://mycoweb.narod.ru/fungi/Submitted/SJG3/Calocybe_chrysenteron_JS_20061005.jpg

fairplay · #8 (**permalink**) 17-06-2011, 04:23 PM

That's a nice find if confirmed Nigel - you did find it in the UK I suppose ?

Neil.

PS. I think it is called Rugosomyces chrysenteron these days.

nigel pinhorn · #9 (**permalink**) 17-06-2011, 04:34 PM

thanks for replies

yes, found at ashclyst forest, devon

thanks for the thumbs up on the new name

nigel, exeter

Andy Overall · #10 (**permalink**) 17-06-2011, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nigel pinhorn

white spored, caps 2-4 cm, stipe 3-4cm
ruled out gymnopilus penetrans, kuehneromyces mutabilis and galerina marginata on spore colour and tricholomopsis decora on lack of brown fibres on cap
can anyone help
many thanks
nigel

If the caps range from 2-4 cm this is not Melanoleuca cognata as this is a much larger fungus, this is more likely to be Gymnopus ocior - syn. Collybia ocior.

Andy