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Post by rowanberry on Oct 20, 2015 19:30:05 GMT
A few more photos, taken in the same woodland as the ones I posted yesterday. A grouping of rather large ones, (caps about 5 inches in diameter, and one broken off... not by me, I have to say).   A collection of smaller, more delicate frilly-capped ones, and some interesting white puff-ball types.   As you can tell, I know next to nothing about mushroom identification- but I do find them fascinating!  |
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Post by NellyDee on Oct 24, 2015 13:14:04 GMT
The bottom photo is Lycoperdon perlatum (yes a puffball)The middle one could be the variable the Honey Fungus(Armillaria sp.)only guessing here. The top one looks like it could be a boletus, but the photo does not show if it has gill or pores so cannot say. When asking for ID re fungi, try to see if it has gills or pores under the cap, where it was found - eg beech, acid ground that sort of thing, if it has a smell, if it changes colour where bruised or cut. When taking a photo, pick one of them and lay the cap upside down next to the others, so that both top and bottom of cap can be seen. it is also good to see the stem and it's base. If you really want to have fun take a cap and lay it on a sheet of paper, after a while the spores will drop down on to the paper and you can see what colour they are and, if you are into art, you can make some nice pictures from various fungi caps laid out on coloured paper.
By the way don't worry about removing one or two to get a good photo for ID. On the safety side, always wash your hands or don't touch your mouth after picking any as some are very poisonous.
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Post by rowanberry on Oct 25, 2015 19:53:48 GMT
Nelly- I wasn't too worried about getting an id this time... I just like photographing them! I sort of hate to break them off to see the gills, because the poor mushrooms have a hard time of it in the woods near us. Not sure if it's kids or just odd people, but we often come upon clumps of them that have been trampled and destroyed.  So, I tend to not want to do any further damage to the ones that escape notice. The woodland is predominantly hornbeam and oak... I don't think there are any beech trees at all. |
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Post by salceywanderer on Oct 29, 2015 11:51:32 GMT
A few more photos, taken in the same woodland as the ones I posted yesterday. A grouping of rather large ones, (caps about 5 inches in diameter, and one broken off... not by me, I have to say). A collection of smaller, more delicate frilly-capped ones, and some interesting white puff-ball types. As you can tell, I know next to nothing about mushroom identification- but I do find them fascinating! |
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Post by salceywanderer on Oct 29, 2015 11:52:35 GMT
It is possible that the top two may be Blushers - Aminita Rubescans given the reddish bruising toi the cap.
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Post by ruadh on Nov 2, 2015 16:01:35 GMT
The top two are indeed Blushers. The clustered group may well be a Psathyrella species (if so they would have brown-black spores).
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Post by rowanberry on Nov 2, 2015 22:38:40 GMT
Thanks for the ids, everyone! I really should make more of an effort to learn them... it would give me a good excuse to buy a nice mushroom identification guide, at least.  |
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So, I tend to not want to do any further damage to the ones that escape notice.
