arborial fungi

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by stickman

Hi all

Just to throw a spanner in the works, how about Pholiota alnicolor?

Cheers,
Nick

Always worth considering other suggestions, but Pholiota alnicola usually looks quite different, with much brighter yellow tones. When fresh, P. gummosa would have widely scattered squamules on the cap while P. alnicola would not. This feature is not so clear from the photo.

However, the clincher is the presence or absence of pleurocystidia. In this case Mal found pleurocystidia, as chrysocystidia, which are absent in Pholiota alnicola.

Keying Mal's specimen out on the available characters, even without spore size, Pholiota gummosa is the only possibility.

Ken

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

I use fruiting bodies myself as you will see from time to time - there are limits to even my pedantry - it's just the plural thing gets to me - no-one would dream of asking "is this a hippopotami?"

it also irks me when I hear public school educated government ministers rubbishing teachers and using phrases like "this phenomena"

I'm outta here . . .

and yes that is surely Pholiota gummosa (which, incidentally, is the same as the P. ochrochlora depicted in the first edition of the Roger Phillips book - don't know if that is corrected in later editions . . . )

Chris

Two fungi - put your foot on one and the other becomes a fungus.
Two hippopotami - put your foot on one and YOU become a fungus.

Neil.

[stickman]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

However, the clincher is the presence or absence of pleurocystidia. In this case Mal found pleurocystidia, as chrysocystidia, which are absent in Pholiota alnicola.

I must admit I completely skipped Mal's post about cystidia!

I'm glad someone around here is paying attention

Cheers,
Nick