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13-11-2011, 09:09 PM
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| | | ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
ID appreciated - under beech trees with very attractive textured top covered in dew drops |
14-11-2011, 12:53 AM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Which tropical country was this photographed in ? 
I haven't seen anything like it, at least I don't think so.
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14-11-2011, 05:49 AM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Sorry realised not put location - slapped wrists. it was found in Norfolk as a single specimen growing on the ground out of beech leaves about 5 cm cap diameter |
14-11-2011, 08:21 AM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
My first thoughts were some type of Inocybe, but I know of none with this very fibrous cap colour.
Something slightly similar is Cortinarius hemitrichus but this has a scaly cap surface, but yours is fibrous.
It is seeing this at such close range which has probably thrown me out, so hopefully somebody else will recognise this.
Neil. |
14-11-2011, 08:42 PM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
No possibility of a grey Tricholoma? |
14-11-2011, 09:32 PM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Well, I've been through all the photos in Courtecuisse & Duhem and because of Nick, have been through all the grey Tricholoma's in B&K 3. (  )
Either this is something new to Britain, or else there may be an aberration here.
This fibrously cap is just so distinctive that I just cannot imagine an author failing to describe or illustrate it.
(and hearing nothing from Ken or Chris, is beginning to make this look quite special !)
Neil. |
14-11-2011, 11:14 PM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Hi all
I have seen Inocybe lacera looking vaguely similar to this.
Admittedly the colour's a bit off but maybe Neil's original suggestion of Inocybe is the best path to go down?
Cheers,
Nick
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15-11-2011, 07:58 AM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Yes, I would have thought it's probably a little too furry to be Tricholoma 
(Sorry Neil )
I'll keep an eye on this, could be something spesh. |
15-11-2011, 03:16 PM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
Ann,
If you are still with us, is it possible to give a 6 figure grid reference or more precise details as to where this tree was please ?
It looks like you have us all stumped, so I intend to copy this thread and paste it to the Norfolk County Fungus Recorder so that if he deems it to be important enough, he can make his own investigations and even obtain a sample for the National Herbarium at Kew.
Neil. |
15-11-2011, 05:15 PM
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| | | Re: ID grey woolly capped fungus on beech
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Originally Posted by NickCantle  No possibility of a grey Tricholoma? | That would be my bet, particularly bearing in mind the pale stem. I can't think of any species of Inocybe that would have such a woolly, greyish cap and pale stem.
I wonder if there were any conifers around. It looks somewhat like Tricholoma myomyces, which is like a slender and more woolly Tricholoma terreum, and regarded by some authors as just a variety of that species.
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