Need ID please

[MushroomHunter]

Habitat:
Woods (A mixture of Birch, Oak and Pine trees with lots of ferns around), Peak District, UK.

Species One



Species Two (Is this Orbilia Delicatula?)

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by MushroomHunter

Habitat:
Woods (A mixture of Birch, Oak and Pine trees with lots of ferns around), Peak District, UK.

Species Two (Is this Orbilia Delicatula?)

I don't think that's a disco (and I've now learnt that you simply can't name Orbilia species without a microscope in any case unfortunately)

my suspicion would be a Dacrymyces species

cheers

Chris

[MushroomHunter]

My first guess was Dacrymyces Stillatus...

Any idea about the first species posted?

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by MushroomHunter

My first guess was Dacrymyces Stillatus...

Any idea about the first species posted?

hi MH

to be fair your first guess was Orbilia . . . .

there are 15+ Dacrymyces species in the UK . . . . D. stillatus is the only one to appear in the popular books, but it's not the only one you may come across . . . .

with regard to the first one the view from on top looks rather like an Amanita close to A. vaginata, the image of the underside doesn't show the gill attachment at all clearly - if the gills are free then it's certainly an Amanita section Amanitopsis

but I do tend to be a bit picky about my macro-fungi; contrary to what some think I am interested in the larger fungi, but not when they have got to this sorry, slug-ridden state, simply because if I have found something interesting I want to have good material to check under the 'scope, and also to keep voucher material and that should really be in a pristine, typical state . . .

cheers

Chris

[fairplay]

I would have opted for Russula for the first photo, but even if it was in better condition, I still would not have suggested which possible species from the scant information provided and lack of stem detail.

Neil.