Found some more fungi at work

[Stratts]

Hi again guys,
Whilst walking around site this morning I came across 2 areas that have these chaps.

St Georges on the right maybe????? I thought maybe field blewit on the left but the wrong season????

The right ones in grass next to a willow tree in a circle about 5ft across. They've been mowed with the cutter and most gone slimey but some more are coming through. They are also whiter than they look in the pics.

The left ones again in open grass but in a bigger ring about 10ft across. These have a purple tinge and a purple/white substance right at the base of the stem. Also some others are quite dark on top, almost black like they've been burnt.

Neither shown signs of colouration when cut in half,

Cheers

 

[xylaria]

I am pretty sure you have two differant fungi. the right looks like st george, the left something with brown spores and probably not an eater or worse.

 

[Colin.W]

the only ones we get growing in circles that I know of around here are fairy ring champignon which are edible but i had them verified by a friend who is more knowledgeable about these things than me, I wouldn't like to say 100% that is what they are

 

[Stratts]

Oh yeah I defo know they are different mate they are miles apart in appearance!

I'll not scoff anything til I'm dead sure, I'll try it on the Mrs 1st!!

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Try getting one of the mods (or repost the pictures) in The ultimate 'what fungi is this' thread and you might get more help possibly...

 

[xylaria]

You need to check the spore prints. St georges has a spore print thats white, there is a distinct smell to it too. There is nothing really that size with pale spore this time of year. HOWEVER I really think the species on the left is something else. I found red staining inocybes this time year. the purple base and brown gills has me flumuxed, it could be cortinarius purperscens that has been tricked into thinking it autumn.

PLEASE DONT EAT ANY.

 

[Geoff Dann]

I am pretty sure you have two differant fungi. the right looks like st george, the left something with brown spores and probably not an eater or worse.

Melanoleuca cognata? "Cream" spores, but looks like it.

 

[xylaria]

Melanoleuca cognata? "Cream" spores, but looks like it.

The purple edge on the base though???????

 

[Geoff Dann]

The purple edge on the base though???????

I didn't spot that. Looks like a blob of chewing gum! Not sure...

 

[xylaria]

Have you got any idea what colour the spore print is yet?

cos we would really like to able to ID this one so it can be filed in brain as "one that can look suspisously like a st georges".

 

[Geoff Dann]

I think they're both St George's, but one of them has gone a funny colour!

Do they smell and feel the same?

 

[xylaria]

I think they're both St George's, but one of them has gone a funny colour!

Do they smell and feel the same?

It is purple!!!!!!! Can they come in even the slightest bit purple. The inner looks a differant texture even to me.
Lepista spp out of season maybe. we have had a cold may.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

I would have put it down as spring cavalier.

Been collecting st georges on a daily basis and I've not seen a single one 'trumpet' like the left image, the gills are also much deeper...
St georges also brown in patches/uneven coloration on the gills, they are well rotten by the time the whole underside go's brown. Was looking at a turned/past it ring not two hours ago.

Just my HO. I'm far from an expert in these matters!

 

[Geoff Dann]

I would have put it down as spring cavalier.

Was my first guess too.

Been collecting st georges on a daily basis

I found hundreds today, out with some people making a TV program about the science of food production. Will be screened later in the year. I rescued a load of them from an industrial-sized mowing machine.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Sounds interesting! Post a link up when its due to be scheduled if you don't mind.

Sadly, the mowers trashed several rings I've been watching on my works ground, but I have others more remote, so all is not lost