Norfolk fungi (1 Viewer)

[Andy in Norfolk]

Scarlet Elf Cups

Plenty of Scarlet Elf Cups showing well today, either side of the path between car park and visitor centre at Titchwell - the best but inaccessible specimens being in water about 10 metres north of the path.

 

[James Emerson]

That's interesting to know - it doesn't look like there is a record for either Sarcoscypha coccinea or S. austriaca for the 10km square with Titchwell in on the NBN database. If any Titchwell staff or regulars have access to a microscope and could confirm which species it is then that would be a good record to add to the county database.

Plenty of Scarlet Elf Cups showing well today, either side of the path between car park and visitor centre at Titchwell - the best but inaccessible specimens being in water about 10 metres north of the path.

 

[Andy in Norfolk]

I'm sure it won't help with the ID, but here's a Titchwell Sarcoscypha sp.

 

[firstreesjohn]

A rather beautiful drawing of Sarcoscypha coccinea was Wiki-found.

Also, a page from an ID guide I won’t be Russian to translate.

On Sarcoscypha austriaca, it is said: “On the outside of the cup the hairs are curly or corkscrew shaped”, although, later, “Examination of microscopic features is often required to definitively differentiate between the species.”

 

[HarassedDad]

Tony Leech, county fungi recorder, will happily id to species if someone sends him a specimen or spore print. Details for him and all the other recorders are here

 

[James Emerson]

Willow Brackets at Whitlingham Marsh today, looking photogenic amongst the moss.

 

[ChrisBish]

Taken last week at Costessey Pits...

 

[James Emerson]

I found this green jelly-like substance at Whitlingham today. I presumed that it was a fungus, but I now think that it's the fruiting body of a type of cyanobacteria called Nostoc. People used to think that it may have fallen from the sky, calling it 'Star Jelly'.

 

[Locostella]

Couple for ID

Hey all,

Just wondered if someone could help me identify these two Fungi?

1) http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8651.jpg

2) http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8636.jpg Common Stinkhorn(?)

Thanks guys,

Kieran

 

[James Emerson]

1 - is a type of Ink Cap (Coprinus/Coprinopsis sp). They spread their spores by autodigestion, with the cap turning to ink from the edge inwards as you can see on your photo. Your one may be Common Ink Cap (Coprinopsis atramentaria).

2 - Yeah you're right, Common Stinkhorn. There is also a much rarer dune species and a similar but much smaller species called Dog Stinkhorn.

Hey all,

Just wondered if someone could help me identify these two Fungi?

1) http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8651.jpg

2) http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8636.jpg Common Stinkhorn(?)

Thanks guys,

Kieran

 

[Locostella]

1 - is a type of Ink Cap (Coprinus/Coprinopsis sp). They spread their spores by autodigestion, with the cap turning to ink from the edge inwards as you can see on your photo. Your one may be Common Ink Cap (Coprinopsis atramentaria).

2 - Yeah you're right, Common Stinkhorn. There is also a much rarer dune species and a similar but much smaller species called Dog Stinkhorn.

Thanks, James. We always mention you as we walk round and photograph anything we are unsure of these days, saying 'Another one for, James'.

 

[Locostella]

More Holt Lowes Fungi

Hey all,

Just a quick one. This seems to be plentiful on the stumps of felled Silver Birch.

http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8699.jpg

Cheers peeps,

Kieran

 

[James Emerson]

It's Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor). It looks rather old, hence the muted colours. The greenish ones near the bottom have some sort of algae growing on them.

Hey all,

Just a quick one. This seems to be plentiful on the stumps of felled Silver Birch.

http://showingwell.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_8699.jpg

Cheers peeps,

Kieran