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15-01-2012, 05:48 PM
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| | | Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
This specimen was photographed in early Jan all on its own under a few oak trees in parkland.
The cap was deliciously slimy, but I'm not sure if my ID as Slimy Waxcap(Hygrocybe irrigata) is correct .... so I hope someone can help.
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15-01-2012, 05:54 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
I would need to have a closer look at this than is available here (for obvious reasons) to suggest what it is; but no way is this anything like Hygrocybe irrigata
Chris
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15-01-2012, 06:34 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
At this time of year (with not much else about for agarics) and with the free gills, I would be drawn to Collybia (now Rhodocollybia).
The only reason I hold back from saying 'the Buttercap' is because the stem is a bit odd, but this could be due to the cold weather.
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15-01-2012, 06:58 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Cold weather can cause all sorts of problems especially on a motorbike 
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15-01-2012, 06:59 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Neil
Apart from the stem being darker than normal, "Collybia (now Rhodocollybia)" feels a better fit than my earlier ID.
A great specimen though ......
Thanks
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15-01-2012, 07:23 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Hi all
Looks a lot like Macrocystidia cucumis to me...
You did give it a sniff didn't you Alison?
Cheers,
Nick
Edit: Not with a slimy cap it isn't! Sorry, carry on with what you were doing.....
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15-01-2012, 07:26 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Hi Nick,
I did sniff and noted nothing significant.
Alison |
15-01-2012, 07:27 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Hi Alison,
See my above edit 
Cheers,
Nick
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15-01-2012, 07:38 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
Carrying on ....... |
15-01-2012, 08:45 PM
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| | | Re: Fungus ID please, possibly a Waxcap?
I haven't come across M.cucumis for yonks, but that's a dammed good shout and I'm going to agree with you.
Putty or Cod Liver Oil are the smells one should be sniffing for.
Neil.
PS That was a very rushed guess with Buttercap - I never even bothered to see what size it was even. I had my chicken thighs on the go with chopped onion, chopped tomato's, finished off with double cream and a shot of Cointreau orange liqueur. And it was yummy.
Phew, just time to do a PPS - If it was slimy then perhaps it really is a Buttercap then.
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