Which Mushroons are these?

pammosley · #1 (**permalink**) 18-03-2011, 09:12 PM

Hi Folks, Friday night & trying to ID Fungi

Whatever happened to Friday nights

These are from last year, any help much Appreciated, thanks for taking the time to look

2 tiny ones;

Maybe a Mycena sp?

Growing out of a log.

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 19-03-2011, 12:45 AM

hi

as ever, gill shots would help tremendously

the second one has remnants of a veil around the cap edge so couldn't be a Mycena - I would suspect it's dark spored, probably a Psathyrella

I think the bottom one is Pholiota aurivella

cheers

Chris

pammosley · #3 (**permalink**) 19-03-2011, 07:57 AM

Hi Chris, thanks for that. As we were going through the photos I commented to my husband that it would help if we had the underside, he said that you would have to uproot them to do that & that would be a shame. I agree, I guess we will just have to continue making life hard for ourselves or of course look very carefully & take notes

Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

Chris Yeates · #4 (**permalink**) 19-03-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by pammosley

Hi Chris, thanks for that. As we were going through the photos I commented to my husband that it would help if we had the underside, he said that you would have to uproot them to do that & that would be a shame. I agree, I guess we will just have to continue making life hard for ourselves or of course look very carefully & take notes

Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

Actually picking them is not really 'a shame' they're only the fruits after all, and by the time they get to this stage will have released huge numbers of spores. You are not damaging the fungus any more than picking apples damages the tree.

If I collect material it's usually because it's unusual (or at least unfamiliar to me) and I'm taking it home to do the microscopy; really interesting collections I dry and keep - they will end up in a local or national herbarium eventually. If I'm picking something just to check it in the field I then hang it at head height in a nearby bush so it can release a few more thousand/tens of thousands of spores.

If you feel bad about it then only pick one if there are several fruiting bodies . . . .

Chris

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pammosley · #5 (**permalink**) 19-03-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

Actually picking them is not really 'a shame' they're only the fruits after all, and by the time they get to this stage will have released huge numbers of spores. You are not damaging the fungus any more than picking apples damages the tree.

If I collect material it's usually because it's unusual (or at least unfamiliar to me) and I'm taking it home to do the microscopy; really interesting collections I dry and keep - they will end up in a local or national herbarium eventually. If I'm picking something just to check it in the field I then hang it at head height in a nearby bush so it can release a few more thousand/tens of thousands of spores.

If you feel bad about it then only pick one if there are several fruiting bodies . . . .

Chris

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That`s great info Chris, we will consider picking ones that are abundant and then hanging them out to spore. As you can tell we are novices

but enjoy our nature watching immensly & would not want to cause any damage

Many thanks for you expertise