Crepidotus variabilis/cesatii?

[cervinae]

I'm starting to find a few of these fellows growing on a variety of Autumnal debri such as twigs and larch cones. Fairly certain these are young Crepidotus but I've read it's impossible to seperate variabilis and cesatii in the field. I take it that means microscopic work then? ... ho hum





Regards, David

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by cervinae

. . . I take it that means microscopic work then? ... ho hum

Regards, David

correctamundo . . . .

bear in mind that there are quite a few genera of "crepidotoid" fungi in addition to Crepidotus . . . . .

your fungus appears to have white gills - did you collect it? a spore print could be interesting; there is an all-white crepidotoid fungus called Cheimonophyllum candidissimum - I've only ever collected it once, though I don't think it's what you have; as I recall it had more and narrower gills . . . .

but as a rule of thumb microscopy is necessary with the vast majority of these jobbies

cheers

Chris

[Ditiola]

There are 15 Crepidotus species listed in the British Fungus Flora and 21 species in the British Checklist, so yes I think you will need a microscope.

Peter

[cervinae]

Still on my "To Get List"... But I rather hope to purchase one before the VAT rise

Aye, for once I did collect it... but it's up in Gateshead right now and I'm back in York. I left it to one side and hopefully the better half won't throw it out. She thought it was rather pretty. I assume it'll happily continue to survive until I get back up saturday? Or should I ask the GF to pop it out in the garden to stay... ermmm natural

And alas my books only show about 4 or 5 species...

Thankyou both for the advice

Regards, David