Beiträge von Steve_mt

We don't have those Russulas 😭😭😭 Can I apply to some chemical or compound instead? Or fabric or ironmongery material.

I have acquired an old bottle with Guaiac reagent which was evaporated in its reagent bottle (10-15 mls). I added alcohol and the reagent dissolved forming a brown solution without precipitate. I don't know if this solution is working (reacting) well or if it has 'expired', hence how can I test it at home pls? Like I am asking how can I test for Lugol's iodine and the reply would be try it on starch or paper and if it turns blackish-blue it is working fine. Thanks

I have concluded upon M. olivaceomarginata based on the text by Aronsen fabolous website:

One should also notice a possible confusion [of M. capilleripes] with Mycena olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee, which sometimes has a greyish brown pileus with a reddish brown center as well as a stipe with a dingy whitish apex and greyish brown colors below, and a nitrous smell. The two species can be told apart on account of the cheilocystidia. In M. capillaripes they are smooth while they are more varied in M. olivaceomarginata , often with two or three necks or with several coarse excrescences. The Latter therefore lacks pleurocystidia.

Moreover, Mycena olivaceomarginata has been reported and associated with Cistus matorral (specifically C. monspeliensis) while M. capilleripes is associated with pine forests. Loizides 2016, 2021

Hi, are here some mycenologists? I have found two interesting Mycena species (I am working / documenting one of them here) which was found under Cistus monspeliensis. The species has striking lilac then rosy-pink gill edges hence a species from the section Rubromarginatae.

I can't decide between

Mycena capillaripes and M. olivaceomarginata

I read somewhere that olivaceomarginata was recorded under cistus monspeliensis too (Lozoides)

Zitat von Beorn

They should be more or less soft when young and crumbly when decaying.

Lg; pablo.

Yes, that's what the case and also dark reddish-brown when overmature and decaying out. I think I found a similar specimen on Celtis australis again above grown and on the bark of a living tree on mainland Malta. Crumbling brown debris was at the foot of the trunk and fall down on the ground

Zitat

They are really ennoying under the microscope! Hard, dense - difficult to prepare and difficult to interprete.: gkopfkratz:

Yes, I haven't grasped very well the concept of monomitic / dimitic / trimitic, generative hyphae, skeletal hypha, etc when examining under the microscope. They just look like a brush of unspecialised mycelia entangled into each other. I had a look again this morning and I an interesting parasite!

Wow! ...and I was sure it was a Panaeolus sp. for its marbled face and white edge of the gills. So are there more genera which are Panaeolus-like and have these characters ??? Fungi are very confusing!

Axel and Karl - I think you are bull's eye regards your kind suggested identity. The pic is identical! Tonight or tmrw I compare and show you the spores. Their hexagon-like thick outline seems quite unique. THANK YOU again.

Deconica coprophila ( syn. Psilocybe coprophila ) aka the dung-loving psilocybe (lol!)

I am linking to a post o the main forum topic in case some dung-specialists only check this corner.

Follow the link below.

Panaeolus on Horse Dung

I was surprised that when I search for "fimicola", there were no results. Is it not reported from Germany / central Europe?

Steve

Very interesting and tiny mushroom. I can't help just wanted to say impressive. Hope you get it identified and I think it is rare finding. good job

I forgot to include a few more photos of when it is hygrophanous dry. I guess i need to offer the microscopy for this one... but let's see if I get some feedback based on the macro-morphology

Thank you so much xxx

Take care everyone, love this group!

Steve

A Coprinoid fungus on horse dung, highly hygrophanous, semi-spherical pileus, caramel brown with a beige rim when wet, then whiter and zonated when dey. I thought of Panaeolus fimicola. Thank in advance for your kind comments on this.A sample is in the fruidges

Cheers

Nice fungus and widespread population on horse dung sitting amongst a grassy lawn. I have identified it from the macro aspect as Panaelous papilionaceus s.l. (the length of the spores will tell the var). Hope it is OK.!!!

L..G.

Stephen / Gozo (Malta)

In the first photo on the left I think that is a decaying example which gave me the guidance of being an annual polypore.

I can monitor regularly (this is a park near to work) and see what happens when they mature. If they decompose and die (=annual) it might be I. dryophila. They were attached to bark and even cortex of living holm oak trees

I try to provide images of the context. So if I see septation that's a big clue ?

OK, I trust you guys. I try and slice the other one although its older. I show you the spores too tomorrow or Tuesday

THANKS!

It is matching quite will with Parasola leiocephala = P. lactea .

12. Basidiospores narrowly ovoid to ellipsoidal, sometimes

ovoid, Qavg = 1.15–1.60 ................................ 13

12′. Basidiospores ovoid, rounded triangular, or subglobose

...................................................................... 14

13. Basidiospores mostly ellipsoidal to hexagonal, Qavg

= 1.15–1.5, pleurocystidia mostly

utriform ....................................................... P. plicatilis

13′. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoidal, often ovoid to

broadly hexagonal, Qavg = 1.25–1.6, pleurocystidia

often lageniform .......................... P. plicatilis-similis

14. Average length of basidiospores under 10.5–11 μm,

basidiospores often remain immature

.................................................. P. lactea (= P. leiocephala

14′. Average length of basidiospores >11.5 μm, as usual

fully mature, dark blackish brown, pileipellis and

basidia filled with strongly refringent, yellowish

granules ................................................P. lilatincta s.l.

Thank you Tuppie... You are right about the colour, but I cant find a better option for my very very limited knowledge on boletes. We see what Beorn opines

Happy Sunday to all

Stephen

And yet another Xerocomus under Quercus ilex in a park. No signs of reddening in the context of the entire stipe and pileus. No blueining on touching the pores or cut the basidiocarp. There is a scent of something but I cant tell, like aromatic. Basidiocarps quite large 9 cm the largest one. Is X. subtomentosus a good option here. I have half the specimen in the desiccator and half for the spore print / fresh. Habitat match nicely - oaks in parks!

OK Stefan, Thanks! under the stereo microscope at x16 and x 40, I did not see any pruinosity or cystidia, just a glabrous smooth stipe.
I think it is saccharinus. The veil is clear hyaline-white as sugar Micaeus is usually a bit beige

L.G.Stephen

On dead trunk of Q. ilex. Which Coprinellus please? Should be between micaeus and saccharinus!

I found some 5 polypores attached to the bark of living Quercus ilex (Holm oak) trees in a park, somewhat damaged by Xmas lights decorations. The core is composed of 2 (or 3) layers. The hymenophore is soft. I managed to see few spores too, apparently thick walled. The context stains deep reddish-brown with 4% KOH. Could you help in the ID please?. Young Inonotus (Inocutis) dryophilus ?

Is anyone familiar with yellow or bleached Parasola sp I found in calcareous limestone soil, exposed to sea rush, terrestrial and close to low weeds and grasses? The spores are subspherical with a tapering end, pore present. Cheilocystidia abundant, inflated ellipsoid or subspherical hypha, rather variable. Pilleipellis sphaeropedunculate hyphae. Suggestions always welcome.

Karl, I was reading the note on Atlas grzybów Polski - Mushrooms and Fungi of Poland stating:

 Romagnesi (1941: 126) described C. curtus Kalchbr. f. macrosporus which has somewhat larger spores (10.7-14.7 x 6.5-8.5 µm). M. Lange & A.H. Smith raised this taxon to the rank of species, naming it C. heptemerus (see under that name).

The spores with average length 13.0 um and the larger spores reaching 14.5 um I was thinking if to choose C. heptemerus, but then when I saw the images of the pileocystidia and caulocystidia lacking the capitate head I firmed my opinion on C. curtus. Yet the difference of these cystidia are not highlighted in the remarks/distinction comments on that site. Anyway this finding is clearly C. curtus - thanks for your confirmation

Hi Ulla, thanks for your suggestion. I always thought ofP. cinereum as with a gregarious habit, but I saw some images with vermicular habit now.

Physarum cinereum Slime Mold - Stock Image - C007/6152 - Science Photo Library

I will check and revert back

OK Bjorn - thanks for the small statistics lecture and sharing yr knowledge. I know a bit more behind these formulas now. Cheers!

Hi, I found this delicate mushroom in calcareous soil with grasses and sparse weeds close to manure. The pink-gilled and free gills, the smooth pileus and esp. the prominent Volva indicates Volvopluteus or Volvariella. The size of the pileus is about 18mm across and the individual is 30mm tall. I excluded V. gloiocephalus for the small size. I am a bit left without many options here. The cap had fine greyish-brown radial striations (or fibrils). Spore print light brown. Pileipellis a cutis of cylindrical cells of various widths ending with slightly swollen ends. I examined a 3-day old specimen and the lamella were a bit decaying out but spores ovate and with a dextrinoid wall (if I am judging right), basidia pretty large 2 and 4 spored and Cheilocystidia were not numerous but I saw a few that are utriform and short, not much larger from the

What else it could be from gloiocephalus (which is not)?