Fungus from Chipperfield Common

[Morchella]

Can't even put a genus to this one I'm afraid. Found on Sunday at Chipperfield Common. The caps were between about 50 and 150mm, much chewed by the local slugs. Growing amongst bracken but could well have been some wood down there. Young ones had white gills but have done a spore print and definitely rust brown.

My best guesses are an Inocybe or a Tricholoma, I'd be more than happy just to get to genus.









Trees in the wood were lots of Fagus, Prunus, Betula, this was in a clearing amongst bracken and brambles (brambles reason for not doing too much digging)

Help!

Laura

[flaxton]

It looks like a Pluteus (cervinus) to me.

Mal

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by flaxton

It looks like a Pluteus (cervinus) to me.

Mal

and to me - a spore print (pink) and those free gills would have ruled out most other genera, Laura

best wishes

Chris

(edit) - just re-read your original post - was the print really rust brown? ; even so Inocybe would have a snuff brown spore deposit and Tricholoma a white one . . .

[Morchella]

Thanks for that, I think you are right and it's just my interpretation of the colour. Unfortunately I just went to check my spore print and take a photo of it but had left it too long and the whole thing had turned to an unpleasant mush

This picture that I found by googling Spore print de Pluteus cervinus ALR_0043_f | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
looks just like my one though, I call that rusty brown but I can see how it could also be called pink, if not as pink as a Lepista print.

Thanks again,

Laura