Green Fungus i.d please

[stevecurtis]

Help with i.d please,its a first for me.




all the best steve

[flaxton]

Steve
This is a Stropharia and could be either aeruginosa or caerulea.

Mal

[Chris Yeates]

agreed

"funji" is a nice addition to the list

[stevecurtis]

Thank you for the help.
Mal you say it could be either aeruginosa or caerulea, are they hard to tell apart,and is Stropharia common .

all the best steve

[fairplay]

These often turn up on the sides of grassy tracks which haven't been mown.
The blue/green quickly fades though, so you were lucky to catch them at this early stage.

Yes, telling them apart is difficult. It is partially down to how substantial the ring on the stem is (poor handling can loose the ring completely) and any 'white bits' around the cap edge. Even then, it is not easy.

Neil.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by stevecurtis

Thank you for the help.
Mal you say it could be either aeruginosa or caerulea, are they hard to tell apart,and is Stropharia common .

all the best steve

Originally Posted by fairplay

These often turn up on the sides of grassy tracks which haven't been mown.
The blue/green quickly fades though, so you were lucky to catch them at this early stage.

Yes, telling them apart is difficult. It is partially down to how substantial the ring on the stem is (poor handling can loose the ring completely) and any 'white bits' around the cap edge. Even then, it is not easy.

Neil.

but easy to tell apart if you have a microscope

Mal

[stevecurtis]

thanks all ,i asume the other one in the top picture is the same but at a later stage,is this correct?

[fairplay]

No, this is a different species, but I've no idea which.

Neil.

[stevecurtis]

Thanks for the help.

all the best steve