Fungi ID help needed please

[dickie'sbird]

Hello everyone,

I've got 7 subjects that are baffling me......


Strange orange shapes like baked beans! Also white objects that could be anything...eggs? fungi? I think that's a tiny snail, only visible when I had a look at the image on my computer. So that at least gives a scale.



Not sure what's going on here. The shiney chocolate coloured little balls seem to be emerging from something...is it the matt objects surrounding them? I think there's also one just visible in the background.

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Is this Armillaria mellea? This one was was amoungst a mixture of Birch, Oak and Beech leaves..to name just three. In dense woodland and shade, also heavy leafmould...sink as you walk type!



This one on mostly sandy soil base in full sun...not the same location as above. Quite medium in size....much larger than the smaller one shown so it's not due to for-shortening image wise.



On a hillside in the Peake District...lots of sheep poo too! Is this The Deceiver - Laccaria lacata??



On dead wood in a slightly boggy area of the wood...I thought this was Mollisia cinerea at first, but this seems on the blue side not grey.



This is a first for me...no idea at all about this vivid orange 'hair-do' on dead wood....also in slightly boggy area of the wood with little sun.



Many thanks for any help on answers to my post!

Regards,
Jean

[fairplay]

No 1. Possibly Badhamia folicola.
No 2. Lycogala epidendron.
No 3. This could be Armillaria gallica rather than A.mellea
No 4. See what others say with my suggestion of Lepista inversa
No 5. No idea.
No 6. I would stick at Mollisia sp. !
No 7. This could either be a very strange fungus which grows on Beech first talked about on WAB by Nick Legon several years ago, (and I forget the name) or else it could be the 'mat' from which a type of Ink Cap (Coprinellus domesticus or a few others) will emerge.

Neil.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by fairplay

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No 6. I would stick at Mollisia sp. !
No 7. This could either be a very strange fungus which grows on Beech first talked about on WAB by Nick Legon several years ago, (and I forget the name) or else it could be the 'mat' from which a type of Ink Cap (Coprinellus domesticus or a few others) will emerge.

Neil.

agreed - I love the idea of being able to name a Mollisia species on the grounds that it is grey . . . . . sadly we can't

the name you want is Ozonium, Neil - and that is what I think this is

cheers

Chris

[stickman]

Hi all

Number one definitely isn't a Badhamia. I would put my money on Trichia varia

Cheers,
Nick

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by stickman

Hi all

Number one definitely isn't a Badhamia. I would put my money on Trichia varia

Cheers,
Nick

I knew that one was going to be 'trichy'

Neil.

[diggleken]

5 - I'd expect to see laccaria laccata more striate than this, could it be meadow waxcap, H pratensis, old and dry?
Cheers
Ken

[dickie'sbird]

Originally Posted by diggleken

5 - I'd expect to see laccaria laccata more striate than this, could it be meadow waxcap, H pratensis, old and dry?
Cheers
Ken

5 wasn't dry...I don't know about 'old' though as I thought it was in a very nice condition at the time. I'm glad some of my questions have been answered though. This is another image of No 5...a lone one a foot away from the group. I don't know if it's of any more help but worth a try!


Regards,
Jean

[dickie'sbird]

Originally Posted by diggleken

5 - I'd expect to see laccaria laccata more striate than this, could it be meadow waxcap, H pratensis, old and dry?
Cheers
Ken

Hi Ken, having had a much closer look at No5 (2nd photo) I think you're right about looking 'dry'...so they must be old! Still a nice group and colour though.

Regards
Jean

[mollisia]

Hello,

for no. 5: What about Tubaria hiemalis?

best regards,
Andreas

[dickie'sbird]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello,

for no. 5: What about Tubaria hiemalis?

best regards,
Andreas

Hello Andreas

Had good look at Tubaria hiemalis and it looks spot on to me re: size, colour, stipe and conditions...I think you may have cracked this one for me!

Many thanks,

Jean