unidentified fungi

fiona lea · #11 (**permalink**) 17-01-2012, 07:39 AM

Thank you so much for all that wonderful information and chat. The brown fungus was taken in a woodland close to Pikestones ...the burial ground near Anglezarke. You wont miss it as quite a large area has been destroyed by fire. It was very prolific but as it aged it did look very differnet to this shot...a brown ball... pretty unsavoury looking actually. There was also an orange slime mould everywhere too. It all had a very eerie feel to it.... especially as the wood was so black and as I now recall now it was taken in October around Halloween and there were 'offerings' on the stones of the burial ground. Fiona fT!VO#v5dG{Xe:

Lancashire Lad · #12 (**permalink**) 17-01-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fairplay

....BUT WHICH B*@*@Y BOOK DID YOU USE MIKE !

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Hi Neil,

I didn't actually look at my books before answering this.

I first saw and photographed Rhizina undulata at a (fairly) local site, a couple of years ago during a North West Fungus Group foray.

Most of the fruitbodies were of a "richer" brown colour, - typical of most of the photos that will be found by doing an internet image search.

However, there were a few which were of similar colour to those in Fiona's photo, and which looked to be the freshest.

I happened to return to that site a couple of weeks later, and all were now of a similar rich brown colour, with the pale margin being less prominent. (Pretty much like the photo on page 364 of Roger Phillips - Mushrooms).

So, it was just a case of thinking to myself that Fiona's photo showed fungi just like I'd seen.

Regards,
Mike.

PS - Thanks for the location Fiona. I'm assuming that it will be the plantation between the Chambered Long Cairn at Pikestones, and Lead Mines Clough.

fairplay · #13 (**permalink**) 17-01-2012, 07:04 PM

Might it be a good idea to add Fiona's photo to the Gallery alongside a mature specimen ? Especially in light of there seemingly being no other photos of the young stage in general circulation - it would also be quite a scoop for WAB.

Neil.