Fungi 2012

[daveyp1970]

Thanks for the id Ron i am new to fungi,i just think they are so lovely looking and would to learn more so thank you for the link as well.These were in a wood i go to photograph local orchids.

[ronm]

I wish I knew more about them also Davey  The second one you show has me completely stumped, although it really shouldn't as its by far the most obvious,  . I just cannot seem to get it to key out,  .
Garlic mushrooms with dinner tonight 

[Maggi Young]

Are there varieties of fungus in the UK that display the marvelous lilac and purple shades that David L. shows us from NZ?

[Hans J]

Here some Octopus fungi (Anthurus archerii ) from my area :

[Peter Maguire]

They are definitely scary - I wouldn't want to meet them on a dark night.    Good photos though.

I hope Maggi doesn't view these pictures....

[Maggi Young]

I already did! Yes, those are  frightening looking "creatures"...  never seen such a thing before and they are quite fascinating.
I had just been enjoying Gerd's lovely, peaceful wildflower fields ( http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9248.msg250416#msg250416 ) and thinking how fine the red poppies look, then I came  upon these scary fungi -  Nothing if not a contrast! 

[Roma]

Spotted this colourful slime fungus when orchid hunting on Saturday.

[daveyp1970]

Yesterday this was seen for the very first time it's
Helvella lacunosa Black fluted elfin saddle fungus and Ron if cooked well it is edible 


But looks like a false morel so i will staying away from that until i get a positive id.

[ronm]

It smelled absolutely fantastic. Made my mouth water .

[Olga Bondareva]

Hans, you were very lucky to meet this red fungi. 

Running stars.

[Lesley Cox]

I've seen patches of Roma's slime fungus in the 50cm pile of woodchips on my driveway. The chips are some Cupressus macrocarpa and a few other odds and ends which were cut down 2 or 3 months ago and when I dig into the pile, as I did yesterday to load some on a barrow, the moisture was very slimy too, a mixture of rain and the resin from the conifer. That cm is cubic metres not centimetres!

[Lori S.]

I find all these fungi fascinating, despite that I can't identify any of the ones I see!

NB.  cm = centimeter
Abbreviations for "cubic meter" are m3, cu. m, etc..

[Lesley Cox]

Yeah, right, not up to much right now.

[daveyp1970]

Could somebody id this for me please.

[Anthony Darby]

I'm still grappling with Hans's octopus fungus. I wonder if it can predict the results of any of the Olympic events?