Chiron Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hi, I've recently moved near Epping Forest and after a walk or two I've started seeing some rather nice, if strange mushrooms. I believe one of them is a Mycena but can't tell much more than that so I'd appreciate any help identifying them. No intention of picking them, call it natural curiosity These were all growing around the same fallen tree, an old pollarded Beech I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Difficult to tell about most of what I see here. We need to see the undersides of some of the mushrooms. Carefully harvest a few specimens --the entire mushroom top to bottom-- and photograph so that all aspects may be observed. The red blobs are Tuberifa ferruginosa, Raspberry Slime. https://www.messiah.edu/oakes/fungi_on_wood/club%20and%20coral/species%20pages/Tubifera%20ferruginosa.htm I think the 3rd and 4th photos may each show (probably different) species of Laccaria. The purple one with the thin cap looks like it amy be an example of Laccaria amethystina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiron Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Many thanks, I'll see if I can get better photos (or if I find others, the full thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiron Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Another trip, plenty of mushrooms. Hopefully there's enough here to identify some this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Better array of photos. First mushroom... although I don't see obvious evidence of a slimy ring on the stalk, these look otherwise like Oudemansiella mucida. Another possibility is some species of Marasmiellus. Second mushroom looks like a species of the genus Caloboletus, maybe C. calopus. I think the third mushroom is a species of Psathyrella. Three photos of a relatively large mushroom with brown stains... Amanita rubescens. Purple mushroom looks like a Laccaria species. Maybe something close to L. amethystina. Purple Russula. Red Russula. (It often fails to get any better than this with species of Russula.) Tannish cap with yellowish gills...? Photo's are a bit out of focus. Last one, another Amanita rubescens. European mushroom species tend to be different than what we have here in eastern USA. But often, a Euro species matches with some other American species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiron Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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