Fungi ID please (1 Viewer)

SADLERC1

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• Feb 7, 2017

• #1

Hi,

Thanks for looking.

Would you be able to identify the golden-brown cluster of toadstools growing on a dead three stump in Norfolk in February below please?

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Thanks for you help.

Regards,

Chris

 

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Jonathan Mitchell

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• Feb 8, 2017

• #2

It's Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes. One of the few fungi to grow mainly in winter, the fruit bodies can actually survive being frozen solid.

 

SADLERC1

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• Feb 8, 2017

• #3

Thank you so much Jonathan. Identifying these things is a tricky business. Really appreciate your help.
Chris

 

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Jonathan Mitchell

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• Feb 9, 2017

• #4

No problem, Chris. It is certainly very tricky to start identifying fungi, simply because there are so many of them. Winter is actually a great time to try and get to grips with some of them, simply because there isn't such a bewildering variety as in the autumn.

 

Corvus cornix

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• Feb 9, 2017

• #5

Jonathan Mitchell said:

It's Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes. One of the few fungi to grow mainly in winter, the fruit bodies can actually survive being frozen solid.

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Thanks for the info Jonathan.

There are a large number of fruiting bodies on a dying Horse Chestnut at my work which are present at the moment and look very much like these. I'll have to take a closer look, but from what you say they're the most likely candidate.

Fungi fascinate me, but I do find them somewhat overwhelming. As you say, bewildering numbers about in the Autumn.

Cheers,

Matt