Help with ID please - found in friend's garden

FungiJus · #1 (**permalink**) 25-09-2011, 08:13 PM

Hi all - hope you can help me with these, all found on a friend's lawn in her back garden.

She has twin 9 year old boys, both with severe autism and is concerned that the mushrooms growing in her lawn will harm them if they eat them (as they have done in the past).

I have a degree of confidence in the first two, but am struggling with the last even to get it to genus.

I originally thought that these were too small to be Lacrymaria and was erring towards cortinarius. Pleased to say that the jet black spore print led me back towards my initial thoughts again, and the literature suggests that L.Lacrymabunda (or whatever it's called these days

) can be this small.

Second I have what seems to be Calocybe carnea. White spore print and for reference, the slide is 25mm x 75mm.

Lastly, I have struggled to get a spore print for this (they were given to me after they had been out of the ground for a while), but I would guess at white.
Any suggestions as to a possible genus for this one? I can always go over and collect some fresh specimens for confirmation if needs be.

I will have a go at the spores for the first two under the scope if needs be, but am struggling for time at present, so if anyone has any thoughts, I would be grateful to hear them!

Cheers,
J.

Ditiola · #2 (**permalink**) 26-09-2011, 09:55 AM

Hi

I think you are right with the first two, and I think the last one is most likely to be Marasmius oreades

Peter

FungiJus · #3 (**permalink**) 26-09-2011, 12:23 PM

Thanks for that Peter - Must admit, you have a point with the M.oreades

.

I hadn't even considered that when I first saw it - again, it's quite small (about 15mm dia) and the gills seemed too crowded (but perhaps could have expanded as the cap matured?).

I will have another look tonight...

Cheers,
J.