Possible Cantherellus help please

[watsthat]

I`ve had my eye on this for about a week now. Its on a substrate of moss, lichen and either sandstone or limestone, outside a neighbours house. The fungus is tiny, very delicate but also frost tolerant and my usual trawl through my books and on line, haven`t given me any ideas. Can anyone help?

Cheers

Pete

[stickman]

Hi Pete

It's certainly not a Cantharellus, Maybe an Arrhenia - possibly A.rickenii?

Cheers,
Nick

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by watsthat

. . . . my usual trawl through my books and on line, haven`t given me any ideas. Can anyone help?

Cheers

Pete

I think Cantharellus is a mycorrhizal genus - so the habitat should have ruled that out . . . Arrhenia sp. for me too . . .

cheers

Chris

[Chris Yeates]

in fact, looking again at that image, it's clearly odds-on that that fungus is parasitising the moss

Chris

[watsthat]

Thanks guys and all the best; I`ll have a look at Arrhenia

Pete

[diggleken]

Hi Pete,
this is interesting as its close to yours:
Heath Navel Lichenomphalia help
I'm hoping to send mine off to Kew, just waiting for a positive response from Bryn.
Cheers
Ken

[watsthat]

Originally Posted by diggleken

Hi Pete,
this is interesting as its close to yours:
Heath Navel Lichenomphalia help
I'm hoping to send mine off to Kew, just waiting for a positive response from Bryn.
Cheers
Ken

Thanks for that Ken; you`ve succeeded in thickening the plot considerably I frequently dip my toe in the metaphorical mycological ocean, only to discover I`m drowning again with information over my head. In particular; the Arrhenia, omphaloid, lichenicolous/lichenised fungi questions, could take over your life. I regularly have to stop myself before it gets too deep. Thing is; to take any of this forward, (conclusion is too ambitious a word), you really have to start specialising in a particular field, which at my age is never going to happen. Sometimes I`m quite happy having learned a little, (e.g. Arrhenia are moss specialists). Still I`d be interested to hear how you get on with Kew.

Cheers and all the best

Pete

[Ditiola]

Hi

I often find a fungus that looks very similar most of the year in moss covering an old roadway. It is in the shade of a wall so it does not dry out. I have checked it out with the microscope and I believe it is Arrhenia rickenii

Photo taken this year below.

Peter

[watsthat]

Originally Posted by Ditiola

Hi

I often find a fungus that looks very similar most of the year in moss covering an old roadway. It is in the shade of a wall so it does not dry out. I have checked it out with the microscope and I believe it is Arrhenia rickenii

Photo taken this year below.

Peter

Its going down on my list of possibles Peter