Some fungi for ID please

[JennyS]

I've various un-identified fungi photos lurking in the innards of my computer so I thought it might be time to post some of them for identification!

Q1. Exidia sp. On Oak. March.


Q2. Exidia sp. Also on Oak, wasn't sure whether its the same species as Q1


Q3. At base of rotten stump in Oak, Birch, Hazel woodland. March.


Q4. Mollisia cinerea, Common Grey Disco? On rotten spade handle, March


Q5. On rotten log, October


Q6. Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma? On rotten log, October


Thanks in advance,
Jenny

[Chris Yeates]

hello there Jenny

OK

first two I would suggest E. glandulosa with a fair degree of confidence - it doesn't look like E. plana, which rarely occurs on oak in any case

Q3 is in the Sclerotinia 'sensu lato' area - you need to know exactly what it was growing out of and then do often need to do the microscopy - there isn't wood anemone in this area by any chance?

Q4 could well be Mollisia cinerea, but this is a tricky genus at the best of times - you have to look at details of spores and paraphyses etc to get to species level

Q5 I don't think that's an ascomycete; I think it's one of the fungi which are actually agarics though very un-toadstool-like! Merismodes and similar genera

Q6 very probably C. phaeostroma . . . . one look at the spores would confirm it - see:
more black balls

best wishes

Chris

[JennyS]

Q3 is in the Sclerotinia 'sensu lato' area - you need to know exactly what it was growing out of and then do often need to do the microscopy - there isn't wood anemone in this area by any chance?

Lots!

[FungiJohn]

Hello Jenny

I think Q5 is Henningsomyces candidus. Very often confused as an ascomycete.

A closer inspection of the very distinctive 'tube' structure would confirm, with no need for microscopy!

John

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by JennyS

Lots!

That would make Dumontinia tuberosa the likely candidate.

Mal

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by JennyS

Lots!

I suspected as much

Originally Posted by flaxton

That would make Dumontinia tuberosa the likely candidate.
Mal

exactly . . . .

Chris

[JennyS]

Thanks Chris, John and Mal for the identifications - I'll see if I can locate the Mollisia and Chaetosphaerella to check under the microscope.

Is Henningsomyces candidus seasonal - I checked the wood pile and couldn't find it again, though the log it was on could have gone by now .....

Jenny