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Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 6:36 pm Post subject: I've got a loverly bunch of...
...mushrooms...toadstools...fungi... Some I find really quite beautiful. Anyway, I shall post photos of each type and would love to know what they are. I'm not planning on eating any btw, just curious to ID them if possible please. First up, this beauty: Found growing at base of Silver Birch in amongst the grass, cap size 3".

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 6:41 pm Post subject:
Next, growing out of just inside the rim of a rabbit hole. These are small and delicate: Growing in grass, caps just 1/2" in dia.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:01 pm Post subject:
first lot are wood blewits ,Lepista nuda,but these look too old to be consumed!!!Possibly toxic at old age. Last edited by bubble on Tue Nov 10, 09 8:58 pm; edited 1 time in total

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:15 pm Post subject:

Next one - a bit blurry, sorry:

These are growing around the bases of most of our Scots Pines in amongst the grass/leaves/needles. There are loads of these in large groups. The caps vary is size from small to about 3" or so and as they open up they tend to curl up and out. The gills are the most incredibly beautiful shades of apricot to egg yolk yellow. The stems are white on the outside but yellow inside.

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:20 pm Post subject:
Also growing with the previous ones around the Scots Pines but in their own 'patch' are these: Very firm and beefy; cap size about 4". Last edited by Wingy on Tue Nov 10, 09 11:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:25 pm Post subject:
I think these belong with the other yellow ones but were lying in an area by themselves, still around the Scots Pines. 2" cap and solid to feel: (Ilove the curves in this image)

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:28 pm Post subject:
The 1st one is a blewitt.

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 7:32 pm Post subject:
These are growing in the grass... teeny weeny little things, very delicate, gorgeous white gills: Last edited by Wingy on Tue Nov 10, 09 10:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 8:19 pm Post subject:
Now these little red ones are absolutely gorgeous. I think they're Orange-Red Wax Caps..? They grow in the grass between a Rowan and Hazel. They are 2-3" tall, caps are 1" in dia, they're firm to the touch but feel slightly 'rough'. I love these, and have just the one small patch of them:

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 9:01 pm Post subject:
one above is the deceiver,Laccaria laccata.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 9:10 pm Post subject:
the yellowi orange gills slimy top one looks like Hygrophorus hypothejus

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 9:42 pm Post subject:
Now these next photos are of the same mushroom, the first two taken yesterday in the sunlight, and the latter ones taken today just after rain. It's about 5" tall, very firm and beefy, and grows underneath a Scots Pine. There are just two others nearby, slightly smaller:

Wherry

Joined: 12 Oct 2009
Posts: 42
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 9:55 pm Post subject:
I was out in one of the parks in Ipswich last week and there were loads of fungi like this last one - literally runs of 10 - 20 at a time. Often under pines as you say. I'm certainly no expert but Clouded Agaric is a possibility I reckon.

Wingy

Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Fife, Scotland

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 9:57 pm Post subject:

bubble wrote:

the yellowi orange gills slimy top one looks like Hygrophorus hypothejus

Thanks Bubble. I've just Googled that and yes it does... I see it's also known as Herald of Winter. Nice.

Wherry

Joined: 12 Oct 2009
Posts: 42
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 09 10:13 pm Post subject:

Found these 2 little chaps in the front garden this morning. Any ideas?

I feel like I should know but I can't find anything very like them.

There are a LOT of fungi around in Ipswich at the moment. Had a look at a clump of Boletes sp. under a small Birch earlier on and there in a small gully was a big, perfect Fly Agaric. I always like seeing them as they seem the archetypal toadstool that a pixie might live under!

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