Pluteus dietrichii. What are the chances?

[watsthat]

I took these pictures in a garden near Hull on 22.08.10. The area is under Corylus avellana and had recently been cleared of weeds, roots and debris. Lots of woody, fibrous and organic matter remained in the soil however. I have only recently been sifting through last years pics so no other evidence remains. I will keep a close eye on the area this year but I`m not holding any hopes because the area has been grassed over.

Any views welcome

Pete

[Ditiola]

Hi
I would agree that you have a Pluteus, but I would not like to go any further without a fresh specimen, and the help of a microscope. It has the look of P.dietrichii, but there are others that look similar.

The distribution map of P.dietrichii shows 34 records all in the South of England, so when you say "What are the chances of being P.dietrichii" I would say pretty slim.

Peter

[watsthat]

Thanks for your valued comments Peter. I suspected that I was being ambitious but wondered if I`d missed anything macroscopically.

Cheers

Pete

[mollisia]

Hello,

I too would think that the chances for dietrichii are not too good.
The way the cap splits doesn't suite too good, because it is split only radial. That seems to be due to wheather conditions. In Pluteus dietrichii, the cracking of the cap is not only radial, but also vertical. And the cap surface is slightly wrinkled, like in the common P. plebophorus or P. romellii

I join a foto of P. dietrichii.



best regards,
Andreas

[watsthat]

Thankyou Andreas; I can see that any further progress would involve microscopy. I`ll keep plugging away though, I`m almost at the stage, with my interest in fungi, where I know when I`ve got something interesting.

Cheers

Pete