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False Chanterelle - Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
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Taken at Freshfield/Ainsdale, Merseyside
· Date: Mon October 15, 2007 · Views: 701
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Fungus Ken
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Mon October 15, 2007 5:39pm

The cap colour and shape of the gills are not right for Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca.



A more likely candidate is Lepista flaccida, Tawny Funnel but it is past its best.



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Tue October 16, 2007 4:01am

Thanks again Ken! Again this is what I was told on the organised foray. More worringly apparently this is what a specimen of these was ID'd as at Liverpool Museum

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Tue October 16, 2007 7:35am

Yes that is worrying!



Even a quick glance at the spores under the microscope would have clarified things because the two have very different spores. Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca has smooth ellipsoid spores while Lepista flaccida has subglobose minutely spiny spores.



The habitat in the photo is also a good clue. You wouldn't expect to find Hygrophoropsis aurantica growing in broadleaved woodland as it is usually associated with conifer wood.



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