greenhouse cortinarius?

[diggleken]

This was spotted in my greenhouse yesterday, hidden under a stone , near an old ants nest - I do grow things like tomatoes in there too................
Its quite dry now, and its got me stumped, so any help appreciated.
Cortina ring quite clear to see, fibrils on a thickish stem, darker towards base, slightly bulbous towards base too, veil remnants on edge of cap which is flattened with age I think, but maybe with a slight umbo.
Stem is stuffed, not hollow.
Not done a spore print yet (if there are any!). Gills adnateish.
looks similar to C. laniger, but I doubt that.


Thanks a lot
Ken

[Chris Yeates]

hi Ken

not a lot of time at the moment, but this is no Cortinarius; that genus is mycorrizal and has a cobwebby veil a "cortina" not a membranous one like this; I'd be thinking Strophariaceae - possibly small Stropharia rugosoannulata - those wrinkled gills may be down to desiccation rather than a good character


Chris

[JdeV]

You might have Agrocybe erebia.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by JdeV

You might have Agrocybe erebia.

it's a possible - showing a lot of veil on the cap though; Agrocybe brunneola generally has more veil remnants on the cap, but is uncommon . . . . .

C

[JdeV]

Thanks for the pointer, that looks closer.

[diggleken]

Brilliant, thanks a lot both of you, good steers/suggestions, food for thought for me there.
Your Stropharia Chris seems to have quite a slim stem............
Agrocybe may well fit better, seems closer in all respects but still cant be sure, so leave as a maybe? - that greenhouse keeps throwing up interesting stuff, must keep it warm and wet..........
Cheers
Ken
PS Wentworth very dry Chris, unlike here - water butts full and ready.............
edit - on macro features, A. erebia does look good to me! Chris, I know you're busy - it was in yorkshire, do you want it? Just say no.............

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by diggleken

Brilliant, thanks a lot both of you, good steers/suggestions, food for thought for me there.
Your Stropharia Chris seems to have quite a slim stem............
Agrocybe may well fit better, seems closer in all respects but still cant be sure, so leave as a maybe?

dry it! - if you still have it - I'd be interested to have a look at it

cheers

Chris

[diggleken]

Its drying as we speak!
I'll try and get the postage right this time.............................
Cheers
Ken

[fairplay]

Danger ...... danger ..... (in my best Robot from "Lost in Space" accent - or did it used to say "Warning ... warning ? - oh I can't remember)

Chris may become hooked on macro fungi and abandon his micro's and we can't have that.

Neil.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Danger ...... danger ..... (in my best Robot from "Lost in Space" accent - or did it used to say "Warning ... warning ? - oh I can't remember)
Neil.

you mean "CONDITION BEIGE . . . . CONDITION BEIGE . . . ."

hey, look - I will look at / get excited by virtually everything fungal with the exception of Russulas

C