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Re: Fungi
« Reply #200 on: 16 October, 2019, 11:16:42 am »
It's that time of year again.

I thought exactly that when I looked at the drying green this evening  :)

Also, you're late this year: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=52196.msg1920895#msg1920895

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I would have been grovelling on the forest floor earlier but I've just got back from the world championships in Harrogate and the Wigtown Book Festival, which were both rubbish for spotting fungi.

BTW Lars and Monica send their best wishes (soz - it's taken me over a year to pass them on).
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Re: Fungi
« Reply #201 on: 16 October, 2019, 07:39:09 pm »
BTW Lars and Monica send their best wishes (soz - it's taken me over a year to pass them on).

Thanks for that. Brings back good memories  :)

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Re: Fungi
« Reply #202 on: 16 October, 2019, 08:33:28 pm »
Fly agaric. I think I've only seen pictures before today.



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« Reply #203 on: 26 October, 2019, 04:50:45 pm »

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Re: Fungi
« Reply #204 on: 27 October, 2019, 01:25:45 pm »
If that were my knee I'd be worried.
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« Reply #205 on: 28 June, 2020, 11:51:59 pm »

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Re: Fungi
« Reply #206 on: 25 July, 2020, 05:46:50 pm »
From a stroll along the Epping Forest Centenary Walk (main post).


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citoyen

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« Reply #207 on: 25 July, 2020, 09:45:17 pm »
Perhaps not entirely in the spirit of this thread, but I was very excited to find these in the woods next door last autumn:


And very tasty they were too:


I just wish I'd marked the spot where I found them... I can't remember exactly where it was so haven't had a repeat. Oh well.

Here's one I took in situ last autumn - no thoughts of picking this one:


Not entirely sure what it is - maybe a young fly agaric before the spots have developed? The cap was bright and shiny and very round, like a tiny tomato. Unfortunately, my iphone camera was damaged, hence the poor picture quality. I've repaired it now so might get some better pictures next time - though nothing to compete with some of the proper photography shown on this thread.

Saw some interesting specimens in the woods the other day, some I didn't recognise so not sure if they were edible or not, and annoyingly didn't have any means of taking pictures with me. Today's weather means an early morning forage tomorrow might be fruitful...
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« Reply #208 on: 26 July, 2020, 03:47:55 pm »
Some seen today - only phone camera pics and not the most interesting specimens (also it's hard to take pics when the dog is pulling on the lead, desperate to chase squirrels and go down badger setts) but still... any pointers on identification welcome.

1. Puffball?

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2. Charcoal burner?

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3. No idea...

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4. Some big gnarly old thing whose cap had curled up to collect rainwater

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5. No idea... probably same as #3?

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6. No idea...

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7. A cluster of pre-nibbled bay bolete? - when I broke a bit off, it went blue, which seems to be a strong clue here. I know they're supposed to be good eating but I didn't fancy some woodland creature's leftovers.

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8. Some kind of Trametes... Turkey tail? Presumably the green is some kind of algae rather than their own colour.

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Re: Fungi
« Reply #209 on: 26 July, 2020, 03:51:49 pm »
I think the bottom one is possibly algae-stained coriolis versicolor.  The one in the previous post looks like a penny bun.

citoyen

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« Reply #210 on: 26 July, 2020, 04:11:07 pm »
The one in the previous post looks like a penny bun.

Do they do the turning blue thing? From the info I can find online, that suggests it's either bay bolete or a toxic lookalike.
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« Reply #211 on: 26 July, 2020, 04:12:17 pm »
Don't know, I'm afraid.  I exhausted all my "knowledge" in the reply!

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« Reply #212 on: 14 August, 2020, 09:14:53 pm »

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« Reply #213 on: 21 August, 2020, 03:41:17 pm »

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« Reply #214 on: 10 October, 2020, 05:09:57 pm »
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« Reply #216 on: 14 October, 2020, 05:23:04 pm »
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« Reply #217 on: 17 October, 2020, 04:43:05 pm »
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« Reply #218 on: 23 October, 2020, 03:00:21 pm »
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« Reply #219 on: 23 October, 2020, 06:39:28 pm »
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« Reply #220 on: 29 October, 2020, 12:44:44 pm »
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citoyen

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« Reply #221 on: 02 November, 2020, 03:23:36 pm »


Coral fungus. Do you see lots of this about? I spotted a few clusters on my lunchtime walk in the woods today - don't think I've ever seen it IRL before.

Must remember to take a proper camera on my walks. Saw quite a few attractive specimens today, including a few pretty substantial penny buns, which would have made a good lunch except that some other creature had been at them first. Chiz.
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« Reply #222 on: 02 November, 2020, 09:03:24 pm »
Just three clusters in one particular part of the woods, but they are difficult to spot in the fallen leaves.
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« Reply #223 on: 03 November, 2020, 01:26:22 pm »
Citoyen, your red 'tomato' will probably not be a fly agaric. The spots are actually scales, remnants of the characteristic veil that amanitins burst out of as they mature (though they occasionally wash clean). It amy be a Sickener, but I'd need a better look. The blue-turning bolete looks like Erythropus from the colour of the uncut flesh

Pingu, from that angle the shiny ones look like Slippery Jack


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citoyen

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Re: Fungi
« Reply #224 on: 03 November, 2020, 01:59:51 pm »
Citoyen, your red 'tomato' will probably not be a fly agaric. The spots are actually scales, remnants of the characteristic veil that amanitins burst out of as they mature (though they occasionally wash clean). It amy be a Sickener, but I'd need a better look. The blue-turning bolete looks like Erythropus from the colour of the uncut flesh

Thanks for the knowledge. After some reading about the way they grow, I did wonder if the 'tomato' was a fly agaric that had the 'spots' washed off (previously assumed they were something that grew from inside). But yes, I reckon you're on the money with the Sickener - looking at some pics of these online, they very much fit the description of a variety I see regularly.

Erythropus sounds like a strong shout for the bolete too.  :thumbsup:

I've been doing a fair bit of reading up on fungus lately, trying to get myself better educated for the sake of identifying the many I spot on my walks, but I'm happy to admit my experience is still seriously lacking.
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