Stinkhorn type & another fungi for ID help please

[Geoff F]

S. Devon. This one was in woodland during July. Around 8 ins overall and had fallen over.

I initially labeled it as 'Looks like Stinkhorn type' and left it until I had more time; which is now.

The thing which is confusing me is that the tip is plain while the base has the stinky fluid.



This one is from earlier this month and was in grassland near the cliff edge. A couple of groups of 2 or 3. Approx 2 ins diameter.



Any suggestions welcomed.

[Lancashire Lad]

Hi Geoff,

Your first one is, as you suspected, Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus.
If it was like that when you found it, then someone/something has knocked the whole thing from its "egg".

The white blunt end would be the end which sat in the "egg", and the other "stinky" end, is what would normally be at the top of the fungus, attracting insects.

Your second one looks like one of the Inocybe species. - But they are mostly beyond my ability to determine - even when I have the specimen in front of me - let alone from a photo.

Regards,
Mike.

[Geoff F]

Thanks, Mike. That explains it then. When I found it the 'cup' was beside the stinky end; so the bottom must have been knocked forward and the top fell where the bottom had been.

Inocybe species is a lot better than I could achieve.

Sometime, I must get a better Fungi book. I keep looking at secondhand book establishments but maybe I will have to buy new before next season.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

...Sometime, I must get a better Fungi book. I keep looking at secondhand book establishments but maybe I will have to buy new before next season.

If I were buying just one book on fungi, I'd probably go for the Collins Complete Guide To British Mushrooms & Toadstools (by Paul Sterry & Barry Hughes).

It is a highly regarded book with good quality photos and adequate descriptions.
Retail price is £16.99 - but it can be found much cheaper.

It's just about pocketable, and covers about 1400-1500 of the ones most likely to be found. - Which still leaves a great many that you might come across which won't be in the book, but even with a shelf full of books only a small percentage of what's out there will be included.

Regards,
Mike.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

This one is from earlier this month and was in grassland near the cliff edge. A couple of groups of 2 or 3. Approx 2 ins diameter.



Any suggestions welcomed.

This fungus is no Inocybe in my opinion; as so often a bit more info - particularly a spore-print - would be so useful

I would suspect that in that scenario you would get a pink spore deposit and that this is Entoloma porphyrophaeum or a near relative

cheers

Chris

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

Thanks, Mike. That explains it then. When I found it the 'cup' was beside the stinky end; so the bottom must have been knocked forward and the top fell where the bottom had been.

Inocybe species is a lot better than I could achieve.

Sometime, I must get a better Fungi book. I keep looking at secondhand book establishments but maybe I will have to buy new before next season.

Amazon sell second hand but they are nearly the same price as new.