The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[ArkAngel]

Looks like Chlorophyllum rhacodes

Shaggy parasol, looks like it when googled, Top man Simon SWMBO is now happy she knows what it is!

[Melonfish]

Ok, this is probably going to show up how little i know, but those things look damn similar to what i was describing!

Maybe a bit less Agaricus than mine, but like I said, i've been wrong before.

Melonfish, stop teasing and say what you think!

Werl, i thought it was a innocybe but after looking again i'm proper stumped...
i'm even having issues popping it in rogers easy key...
oh well i'm sure i'll figure it one day.

[Adze]

Poss. Agaricus xanthoderma for yours Melonfish - particularly so if it stains bright yellow on bruising/cutting. Are those spores prints a 'purplish brown' as they appear in the photographs?

[Adze]

any ideas??

If that's growing in your lawn, it's less likely to be the deceiver and more likely to be Panaeolus foenisecii - either way, don't eat it unless you get it positively identified by a bona fide 'shroom expert

[DMadden]

Had this growing in my garden...






And finally, a spore print:


Alot of pics there but if anyone could tell me what it is would be great!
Thanks for looking,
Dan.

[Adze]

Paxillus involutus Brown Roll-rim is a very likely candidate. Be a good chap and don't eat it, if I'm right about the ID they're described as 'unusually poisonous'.

[Melonfish]

Poss. Agaricus xanthoderma for yours Melonfish - particularly so if it stains bright yellow on bruising/cutting. Are those spores prints a 'purplish brown' as they appear in the photographs?

it was more of a rusty brown, sorry thats the light in my living room. it didn't bruise or stain any colour and smelt like mushroom rather then ink/urine so i just could not figure it..

[Harvestman]

Melonfish, your fungi seem exactly like my mystery ones, and growing on chippings too.

DMadden (love the avatar, by the way) - I thought Brown Roll-rim too. Not a nice thing to eat.

[Melonfish]

Melonfish, your fungi seem exactly like my mystery ones, and growing on chippings too.

DMadden (love the avatar, by the way) - I thought Brown Roll-rim too. Not a nice thing to eat.

They do sound awfully similar, mine are growing in wood chippings too, can't tell what the tree was but its just a great pile thats been there since march. must be some odd agaricus or perhaps it is an innocybe? no idea lol isn't there a place we can send pics off to for stuff like this?

[DMadden]

Cheers guys, (thanks harvestman, my avatar works out quite well). But I'm always nervous about poisonous plants/fungi; I've handled this 'shroom quite a bit to learn what it looks like, is this going to have any adverse effects :s ?!
Dan

[Adze]

The toxins are cumulative - don't handle it any more until you've had it properly identified.

The mushroom guide I've got states it's poisonous if eaten raw or under-prepared, but also if correctly prepared and over-used - there's no mention of poisonings occurring after handling it, but there can be a delayed effect - as with all cumulative toxins, prevent further exposure! If you're worried, I'd be tempted to carefully collect a specimen without touching it and have it properly identified by a mycologist and ask them what they think the risks are.

I did type another reply - but, annoyingly, it didn't post - apologies if this doubles up on it.

Cheers,

[Harvestman]

I'm going to second Adze's comments about handling. A few years ago i took my daughter on a fungus foray run by the local council, and we came across a beautiful purple mushroom. Daughter touched it, and subsequently rubbed her eye. Half an hour later she was literally screaming in pain. Washed the eye out, and the pain subsided. Fungus subsequently identified as Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina, which is poisonous to eat, and it would seem, to touch.

Fungi are never to be taken lightly.

[Sophielou10]

i have quite a vague description, and understand i f its not possible to identife it.

growing in grass in horse field
white
no visible stem
didnt release any powder when crushed (by a friend, i tried to stop her)
felt like marshmallow but firmer (my friend again)

thanks

[descry0]

On immediate reaction it sounds like a puffball but would need more description - shape, size, surface texture and if your confident to pick it see what (if it has a) sort of stem and gills etc...but then again if I really don't know what it is I don't touch them with bare skin.

I always cut a sample in half to see if there are any colour changes and internal colouring. A spore sample is the ultimate test that you can send away for (though I haven't as yet).

I have an amazing site for saffron milk caps locally. I know there are a few lookalikes and I generally research thoroughly before eating. But they are great to eat! Anyone else have experience with them?

[barryasmith]

Hi

Seems they are springing up nicely now that we've had a bit of rain. Found these first ones in my Garden, in the lawn underneath a large old Beech. From checking my ID books I thought initially red cracked bolete as it bruises blue and there is red in the cracks on the caps. Then I looked again at the stems and they looked more like the stems on the yellow cracked bolete. Any views:







Note blue bruising on pores:


Bit maggoty when cut in half:




Then I found this bad boy poking out of some ivy in the woods behind my house. I noticed the enticing white cap from from a fair distance and it just called me over... Destroying angel?






Last but not least my mate spotted this and sent over a pic for me earlier today. I think from his local woods. Shaggy parasol?



Look forward to any feedback or suggestions.

All the best.

Barry

[jonnie drake]

hi barry I think you are spot on with your assumptions I would go with red cracked bolete for the first.

[Hobo Pete]

I have posted a few photos of some common woodland fungi that I found in my local woods near Stockport. They can be seen here -

www.penninehobo.posterous.com

I've named them as far as I can but I'd be grateful with any help in identifying them more accurately. You can leave a comment under the photos. Thanks.

[SOAR]

I have posted a few photos of some common woodland fungi that I found in my local woods near Stockport. They can be seen here -

www.penninehobo.posterous.com

I've named them as far as I can but I'd be grateful with any help in identifying them more accurately. You can leave a comment under the photos. Thanks.

Hi Pete, the bracket fungus at the base of the tree, like chicken of the woods is Meripilus giganteus, where abouts is your woods in Stockport mate.

[Hobo Pete]

Thanks for the identification, Simon. That's appreciated.

The woods are along Poise Brook - a small tributary that flows into the River Goyt near Offerton.

[Hobo Pete]

I spotted this attractive fungi at the edge of some woodland. It was growing on the trunk of a fallen tree near the upper River Goyt in Derbyshire. The greasy, asymmetric caps were about 3-4cm across and covered a large part of the trunk. There are three photos - click on the thumbnail photos at the top to see the gills.

Any ideas what it is?

http://penninehobo.posterous.com/mushroom

Many thanks.

[SOAR]

I know where you mean, nice little walk, the walk along the Goyt towards the back of Offerton High is nice too.

[woodcraftwanderings]

Hi

Went for a walk last week end and came across a few fungi I was hoping the fungus experts out there could help me ID. Have tried looking these up in a reference book and about 99% sure I’ve correctly identified one of them, but the other two im not sure about. The orange caped one was in Birch woodland, the other two in mixed, mostly conifer, some Birch, Willow etc. Not to influence the outcome the point I got confused with was the thickness of the stems for the last two? I know its not an exact science but one is significantly thinner than the other? I'm at the stage when Im thinking of starting to collect edibles from the Boletus family, any words of advice on the bad ones in this family and where they occur, points to look out for etc.





PS: apologies if the photos go wrong, first try

[Adze]

1st one looks like Leccinum quercinum
2nd one looks like an old Bay Bolete Xerocomus badius
Working on the 3rd one

As always - if I post that it's edible, assume I'm a raving loon and that everything is deadly, this will likely prevent you being poisoned - never eat anything based on my identification as I'm not a mycologist only a layman with some mushroom guides.

Cheers,

[motz]

1st one I would say is Leccinum versipelle The Orange Birch Bolete. 2nd looks like either a bay bolete Boletus badius or the red cracking bolete Boletus chrysenteron which are very common although I would expect a more cracked surface as the name suggests - it's hard to tell from the photos though. 3rd looks like the bay bolete. Hope that helps.

[Crafty]

Bumped. Because people are starting loads of threads about Fungi ID again.

[Lordyosch]

Been out and about again today, found some more mystery fungi.
Went cover-to-cover in Collins mushroom guide and checked Roger's mushrooms. Can't get the ID even close.


Found on that moss-covered stump, dead at a guess!


Just can't match the strong brown colour with the smooth underside.

Also on the same stump...


(ps I've got the pictures working this time!!)


Cheers all

Jay

[motz]

Hi Lordyosch, the top one is Polyporus badius if you look in Roger's book the picture isn't that clear (well to me anyway) but if you do an image search in google for it then you'll see much more similar pictures. The bottom picture I can't quite tell, have you got anymore pictures of it? Hope this helps,
Motz.

P.S actually just a thought the bottom picture could probably be just older specimens of P. badius??

[Loenja]

hi guys got one fungi to id here sorry about the low res pics.

[Loenja]

bayone have any advice or aree the pics not good enough??????

[listenclear]

These wee brown guys are really tough at the best of times to be honest so not even able to venture a guess really I'm afraid.
Ones like that i tend to overlook as I am interested more in eating them than the id side of things.
Good luck. If you are really keen, do a spore print and that should at least rule out a good chunk of possibilities...