Bronze Fungi for ID please

cicada · #1 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 05:23 PM

Hi fungi expert, these were taken mid October, moorland on top of Brecon Beacons. Looks like it should be called 'hairy bronze cap' but doubt that's correct ! Anyone know it's real ID please?
Many thanks,

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 05:29 PM

hi

those pink gills would suggest a species of Entoloma - trouble is, after that it becomes very tricky . . . . (though it appears to have a deep pink gill-edge, which is intriguing)

best wishes

Chris

cicada · #3 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 05:51 PM

Thanks Chris ... sorry, that's probably a bad choice of photo colour-wise, I don't think it was so pink ... maybe this other photo is better, sorry.

+ thanks for replying.

watsthat · #4 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 07:06 PM

I think we`re talking Inocybe here and its difficult to take it further than that because there are quite a few similar ones.

Cheers

Pete

SheffieldLass · #5 (**permalink**) 15-11-2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

those pink gills would suggest a species of Entoloma - trouble is, after that it becomes very tricky . . . . (though it appears to have a deep pink gill-edge, which is intriguing)

best wishes

Chris

There are a few Entoloma species with brown edged gills. That would be my bet.

Melanie

Rich1990 · #6 (**permalink**) 13-12-2010, 10:55 AM

Hello sorry to bring up an old post

But this reminds me of Hygrocybe spadicea? Just thought that if it is then recording it would be important

Chris Yeates · #7 (**permalink**) 13-12-2010, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich1990

Hello sorry to bring up an old post

But this reminds me of Hygrocybe spadicea? Just thought that if it is then recording it would be important

I still think that this is an Entoloma with darker-edged gills; Hygrocybe spadicea should have lemon-yellow to slightly orangey gills with no darker edge

this is a good example of why - if people really do want to try to get an ID of what they find - having been photographed in the field, specimens should be taken home and given a detailed examination - with at least a spore print - the latter would immediately settle the is it an Entoloma / Inocybe / Hygrocybe question . . .

for all but the more straightforward minority of large fungi a simple shot in the field is unlikely to be sufficient - this isn't new stuff - it's all in:

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cheers

Chris

Rich1990 · #8 (**permalink**) 13-12-2010, 03:18 PM

I am a beginner, so it was more of a guess than anything else

Just thought the habitat sounded right and the cap colour was pretty close and was beginning to split at the edges like Hygrocybe spadicea. I thought the colour of the stipe and gills wern't yellow enough though. I would love to find this species myself!
Oh well

RJ