2 fungi for id please

Naturenutz · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 10:00 PM

Hi,i found these in a grazed limestone meadow here in gloucestershire.
I can only guess the first may be a bolete as it has no gills but i have little experience of these and it does have a ring ,its cap was approx 60-70mm.
The second was small and black .Approx 10-15mm cap.
Despite searching i am none the wiser with these two.any help appreciated

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flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 10:21 PM

The first is Suillus grevillei so there must have been larch trees close by. I think I can just make out dark edges to the gills of the second so it could be Enteloma serrulatum.

Mal

Chris Yeates · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by flaxton

The first is Suillus grevillei so there must have been larch trees close by. I think I can just make out dark edges to the gills of the second so it could be Enteloma serrulatum.

Mal

I agree with the Suillus, the Entoloma could well be E. serrulatum but the gill-edge coloration is scarcely marked and there are a few other candidates - Melanie knows more about Entoloma than I do, and may care to comment . . . . .

Chris

Naturenutz · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-2011, 11:59 AM

Thanks for your help .The possible entomola was numerous in this field .often growing in small groups of up to a dozen.

Chris Yeates · #5 (**permalink**) 11-09-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Naturenutz

Thanks for your help .The possible entomola was numerous in this field .often growing in small groups of up to a dozen.

hi

the trouble with Entoloma - a bit like the earth-tongues Geoglossum spp. - is that there may be two or more species involved; macroscopically they may look very similar - again, Melanie may have a view on this

Chris