Fungi from Epping Forest

[Morchella]

See, I can spell Fungi today

First up is a bracket found on a large beech log in a clearing. There are a lot of these at Epping and I don't think they are Daedaleopsis confragosa because they refuse to turn pink no matter how hard I poke them. Trametes hirsuta seemed a good match but the pores are presumably too elongated and the fruitbodies just don't seem lumpy enough to be Trametes gibbosa. So I'm stuck and would appreciate some help.





Next one has a very distinctive margin and I now think is an Amanita possibly vaginata as the cap colour doesn't seem rusty enough to be fulva. Growing in grass at the edge of the wood, unfortunately at the time not seeing a ring I didn't think Amanita so failed to dig up and photograph the vital part.







Last one is a little cup fungus that I spotted growing in the litter under some oak trees. From the colour descriptions in Rogers I think it's probably Otidea alutacea though it did seem a lot more colourful than the pictures I can find







Laura

[Lancashire Lad]

I'd say the first is Trametes gibbosa.

Third one has the look of Otidia onotica - Hare's Ear.

Regards,
Mike.

[Andy Overall]

As Epping has been one of my foray areas for the past 17 years I know these Brackets well and yes they are Trametes gibbosa. The 2nd is Amanita fulva and the third Otidea onitica.

I'll be down there in a few weeks with my first Epping foray of the year. Looking forward to it. Fantastic in Surrey, this weekend just gone.

Andy

[Morchella]

Thanks both, looked at some more pics of Trametes gibbosa and looks like it isn't always lumpy.

Was on the lookout for A muscaria because I have a colleague who is desperate to see them but didn't see any at all. Lots of Russula though of pretty much every hue.

Laura

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by Morchella

Thanks both, looked at some more pics of Trametes gibbosa and looks like it isn't always lumpy.

Was on the lookout for A muscaria because I have a colleague who is desperate to see them but didn't see any at all. Lots of Russula though of pretty much every hue.

Laura

For A. muscaria you generally need to be around Silver Birch or Pine, not always but generally so.
Russula are having a great year, yes. As are the Boletes but unfortunately these do tend to disappear prematurely.

Andy

[Morchella]

I'm sure I've seen lots in the birch/bracken areas around Strawberry Hill Ponds and further east near Coppice Row in previous years. Will keep looking.

Laura