A couple of grassland fungi for ID

jonbem · #1 (**permalink**) 17-10-2010, 03:17 PM

Hi All. A couple from grassland/heath
First one cap approx. 30mm, slightly mottled, sticky. Stipe approx 9omm long, 5mm diam. Also sticky. First 15mm streaked almost a ring but not quite. Gills a slate blue/grey. Is it a Stropharia sp. (semiglobata? Dung roundhead?)

Second one again in grass/heathland. Cap approx. 80mm, stipe 65mm. golden creamy yellow colour all over including gills that are qute brittle, but not bendy. Is it Hygrocybe sp?

thanks for any assistance
Jon

Gerel · #2 (**permalink**) 17-10-2010, 10:24 PM

As no-one more qualified has stepped forward I'll suggest maybe Hygrocybe pratensis (Meadow Waxcap) for the second one.

Chris Yeates · #3 (**permalink**) 17-10-2010, 10:33 PM

hi

agree about the top one - I suspect that the bottom one is Entoloma sericellum

a pink spore print would help

cheers

Chris

Ken Burgess · #4 (**permalink**) 18-10-2010, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

agree about the top one - I suspect that the bottom one is Entoloma sericellum

At 8 cm cap diameter that would be one mighty specimen of Entoloma sericellum.

Ken

fairplay · #5 (**permalink**) 18-10-2010, 08:29 AM

I can't see anything wrong with Dung Roundhead being suggested for the top specimen, you can even make out a bit of a ring of black fibrils, so I would agree.

As for the bottom, I'd need to be convinced the cap belongs to the underside shots.

Neil.

jonbem · #6 (**permalink**) 18-10-2010, 05:48 PM

thanks for the replies, as for the second one, I was veering towards H.pratensis. After it has sat there all day (24hours) no discernable spore print. And the cap and underside are the same item

thanks
Jon