Out walking the dogs and spotted a large ring of these 'Fungi
pictures
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Photobucket' (
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over thirty about the same size.
Can anyone tell me what they think they are please.
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My guess would be a clouded funnel cap (Clitocybe nebularis)
unfortunately you've cut the stem thereby denying us the identifying
feature of a bulb at the stems base. For identification purposes
please
always pull the whole of the stem up as the stem base shape is
important, you mentioned they were growing in rings which is useful
but
the other thing needed is the habitat they were found in as most
species
only grow in a specific place such as under beach trees or in open
grass
land etc.
I suggest you go to 'Rogers Mushrooms | Mushroom Pictures & Mushroom
Reference' ('Rogers Mushrooms | Mushroom Pictures & Mushroom Reference'
(http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/))
and 'Fungi Britain Europe identification guide scientific names'
('Fungi Britain Europe identification guide scientific names'
(Fungi Britain Europe identification guide scientific names)
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Granity-
Thanks for the reply. *I was always under the impression that cutting
was the preferred method of removal, as it did not cause so much
damage, is this incorrect?
I cut in half lengthways to see how the gills attached to the stem,
sorry! Again, I was imitating what I had seen in my mushroom and fungi
book.
I should be able to get another tomorrow, will pull it up and
photograph it uncut.
Cheers
Johno
Cutting lengthways is fine and a helpful idea, cutting mushrooms is fine
if you know what they are, but one of the easy way to potentially
identifying the Amanita species, which contains the highly poisonous
things like death caps, destroying angel etc, is that they have white
gills and a volva at the base of the stem, those 2 combinations should
ring alarm bells if you pick one and if you do don't lick your fingers.
I suggest you go to your local library and borrow a copy of Roger
Philips "Mushrooms" and learn how to identify them, I can only make an
informed "guess" looking at the photo not a definite answer.
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Thanks for the helpful advice, appreciated. I actually managed to buy
the book in a charity shop this morning, talk about lucky!!
I am confident in your response, especially after looking more closely
at the specimen and its habitat. They are growing on grassland, around
a hawthorn bush on an industrial estate nearby.
I carry round a pair of disposable latex gloves just in case I see an
unknown fungi, that way I have no worries about skin contact. Picked
that tip up from going on a fungus foray several years ago.
Very best wishes
Johno