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29-12-2011, 04:41 PM
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| | | Is this sulphur tuft?
Sulphur tuft, I'm told, is one of the easy ones but I'm still not sure...  
Someone I didn't know said it's velvet shank and seemed very sure of it but it seems too small to me. The largest cap was no more than 3cm across and the stipes no more than 4cm. No noticeable smell.
I was busy photographing these while everyone else was looking at the arctic redpoll! 
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29-12-2011, 06:13 PM
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| | | Re: Is this sulphur tuft?
Hi Dave,
I'd say the person you didn't know was right on this one.
3cm is quite small but maybe they are young ones.
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29-12-2011, 07:13 PM
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Many thanks Laura. They did look very fresh.
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29-12-2011, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by pressld2  Sulphur tuft, I'm told, is one of the easy ones but I'm still not sure...
Someone I didn't know said it's velvet shank and seemed very sure of it . . . . . | It certainly is - that was my thought when all I had done was seen the thumbnails
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29-12-2011, 09:08 PM
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Thanks Chris - much appreciated!
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29-12-2011, 11:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pressld2 Sulphur tuft, I'm told, is one of the easy ones but I'm still not sure...
Someone I didn't know said it's velvet shank and seemed very sure of it but it seems too small to me. The largest cap was no more than 3cm across and the stipes no more than 4cm. No noticeable smell.
I was busy photographing these while everyone else was looking at the arctic redpoll!
Dave P. | Dave
"Too small" these are huge  I found some less than 1cm across the caps Is this sulphur tuft or honey? fully mature.
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30-12-2011, 06:08 PM
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Thanks for that Mal, I didn't realise there was so much variation. I always picture velvet shank as similar to the ones that we found on the Clumber foray which were at least twice as tall and had caps about three times the diameter. The photo in my Collins looks nothing like these ones either, but I know identifying from photos can be tricky at times!
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30-12-2011, 10:09 PM
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Didn't somebody mention a few months ago that somebody else is having a fresh look at Flammulina, mainly because I think, of the amount of material being found outside the 'normal' season ?
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