Help identifing UK fungi

[ChakaLutherKing]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Don't you think thats rather aggressive Ross, to a long established member who is trying to help not only you, but more importantly the site?

Really Boddie? That seems aggressive to you? It was official in case he was not legit...

I am new to this forum and for a person who is not a moderator to tell me to review legal disclosures following what could have been a random 'hyperlink' to anywhere or anything... You see how that may look?

I am sure Mike is lovely man and he is obviously a great photographer but I can't believe that he was upset. I appreciate he is an experience poster but I have come across people who could take a forum ID no time at all. If the post had come from the moderator there would not have been a problem and once John approved the post/link it was cleared up. Not Mikes fault at all!

Hopefully this has helped and I hoped Mike wasn't upset...

This is why things like this ruin threads.

Anyway, do you have an opinion on the fungi? I'm not sure Armillaria is right because of the location found and the size of the group.

[mollisia]

Hello Ross,

thank you for the new pictures. They are much better for the colours, which are now surely "true". Also very good that you took one complöete, so that we can see the ring on the stem, which was in the fotos before only to suspect but not to see.

I still stick to my first idea of Armillaria, but don't think it is mellea s.str., but would name this one Armillaria gallica (= A. lutea, = A. bulbosa).
Those Honey Mushrooms are some 5 or 6 species, whcih are often only difficult to separate. Most of them are very variable in size, colour and overall appearance. All of them grow on wood, so below your lawn should be an old trunc, or some old roots or any other burried wood.
What makes me believe it is A. gallica?
1.) The stipe base, which is not tapering as in A. mellea, but becoming inflatet.
2.) The quite stable ring, which rules out A. cepistipes and A. borealis
3.) The yellowish colours, which are not present in A. ostoyae
4.) The distinct, but sparse scales on the cap. In A. mellea they would be more powdery, sand-like, whereas in A. ostoyae they would be much more numerous (o.k., this could be due to weather conditions ...)
5.) The growth seemingly on the ground in small troups, which rules out both A. mellea and A. ostoyae, whcih usually form clusters with numerous indivuals.

Be it as it is, Armillaria seems to me certain, as I can not think of another genus with light gills and that sort of ring.
All Armillaria species are quite poisonous when eaten raw. What I didn't meant in behalf of you, but also of you pets and possibly kids.

best regards,
Andreas

P.S.: With my limited experience in english language I couldn't make out an agressive stile in Ross' posting, btw.

[ChakaLutherKing]

I don't know if this bare relevance but fungi seemed to have a similar feel to that of an wax cap or ink cap but we did have extremely high humidity, a 3 days of dense ground fog.

[ChakaLutherKing]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello Ross,

thank you for the new pictures. They are much better for the colours, which are now surely "true". Also very good that you took one complöete, so that we can see the ring on the stem, which was in the fotos before only to suspect but not to see.

I still stick to my first idea of Armillaria, but don't think it is mellea s.str., but would name this one Armillaria gallica (= A. lutea, = A. bulbosa).
Those Honey Mushrooms are some 5 or 6 species, whcih are often only difficult to separate. Most of them are very variable in size, colour and overall appearance. All of them grow on wood, so below your lawn should be an old trunc, or some old roots or any other burried wood.
What makes me believe it is A. gallica?
1.) The stipe base, which is not tapering as in A. mellea, but becoming inflatet.
2.) The quite stable ring, which rules out A. cepistipes and A. borealis
3.) The yellowish colours, which are not present in A. ostoyae
4.) The distinct, but sparse scales on the cap. In A. mellea they would be more powdery, sand-like, whereas in A. ostoyae they would be much more numerous (o.k., this could be due to weather conditions ...)
5.) The growth seemingly on the ground in small troups, which rules out both A. mellea and A. ostoyae, whcih usually form clusters with numerous indivuals.

Be it as it is, Armillaria seems to me certain, as I can not think of another genus with light gills and that sort of ring.
All Armillaria species are quite poisonous when eaten raw. What I didn't meant in behalf of you, but also of you pets and possibly kids.

best regards,
Andreas

P.S.: With my limited experience in english language I couldn't make out an agressive stile in Ross' posting, btw.

Excellent knowledge Andreas! and I can't argue with that hypotheses.

Come to think of it I know there where Calocedrus decurrens located close by and I think have very shallow roots?

Many thanks

Ross

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by ChakaLutherKing

Really Boddie? That seems aggressive to you? It was official in case he was not legit...

I am new to this forum and for a person who is not a moderator to tell me to review legal disclosures following what could have been a random 'hyperlink' to anywhere or anything... You see how that may look?

I am sure Mike is lovely man and he is obviously a great photographer but I can't believe that he was upset. I appreciate he is an experience poster but I have come across people who could take a forum ID no time at all. If the post had come from the moderator there would not have been a problem and once John approved the post/link it was cleared up. Not Mikes fault at all!

Hopefully this has helped and I hoped Mike wasn't upset...

This is why things like this ruin threads.

Anyway, do you have an opinion on the fungi? I'm not sure Armillaria is right because of the location found and the size of the group.

Yes I did think it rather aggressive. As John states for this forum to work all members pitch in and Mike was only relaying protocol published and reinforced not only 48 hours ago under the advice of John.

I am afraid its your attitude that risks ruining threads, so you may need to check it somewhat.