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09-10-2010, 09:18 AM
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| | | Magpie Fungus.
Came across this yesterday (8th Oct '10) at Whiteleaf in Bucks..
I'm not a 'fungiphile', so I almost didn't give it a second look, but it was so striking I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm glad that I did because my fungi book says that it's "uncommon". 
(For some reason it's not been approved for the Gallery!)
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09-10-2010, 10:29 AM
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| | | Re: Magpie Fungus.
Hiya Jim,
Wow what can I say, that is a stunning photo and a fine specemine too, well done!
I'm on a fungi learning quest and I am sure you are right about it being a Magpie Ink Cap (Coprinus picaceus) and according to my reference books it is uncommon.
Cheers
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09-10-2010, 11:00 AM
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| | | Re: Magpie Fungus.
Great find, and photo, Jim, and one that I'd say certainly deserves to be included in the Gallery.
It's a fungus that I've yet to see - these don't seem to appear at all in my area.
Is the photo still awaiting approval - Photos for Gallery seem to be taking longer to be approved just recently 
The only possibility that I can think of if it has been declined is that the common name would normally be "Magpie Inkcap" rather than "Magpie Fungus", but that would seem to be a rather picky reason for disapproval, and I'm sure that the mods would normally just have amended the name rather than decline such a great photo.
Give it a day or so, and try it again Jim, it deserves to be in there!
Regards,
Mike. |
09-10-2010, 12:03 PM
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| | | Re: Magpie Fungus.
As a result of the latest round of re-classifications this is now called Magpie Inkcap Coprinopsis picacea.
My Collins book describes it as "frequent S England but rare elsewhere". I've certainly seen quite a few in various places in the Cotswolds during the past few years.
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09-10-2010, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Magpie Fungus.
I saw my first one of these about 15 years ago and had never seen another until last week when I saw a colony of about 5 on a roadside. Then today I found 2 on another roadside. Must be a good season for them |
10-10-2010, 07:57 AM
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| | | Re: Magpie Fungus.
What a fantastic forum this is. I saw a picture of one of these on the Fungus of the Day thread earlier in the week. I went out yesterday and found one of my own. It was on a woodland track beneath a beech tree in Hampshire.  | | |
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