Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Fun guy identification

Ok, here are my guesses for what fungi are pictured in the preceding post. If you know any of the unidentified ones please comment!

1. I'm not sure about this one yet. Any ideas? It had a yellow spore print.

2. These also. What are they? Who knows.

3. Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) - Poisonous. My book says: Rarely fatal. Hallucinogenic properties. Rarely fatal is fatal enough for me! Do not eat these.

4. Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystea) - Edible. Apparently it retains it's colour when cooked but lacks flavour. The problem is even if it tasted nice you couldn't get anyone to eat that because it looks dodgy.

5. Another unidentified.

6. Bolete of some kind. My guess is that this was a Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus Felleus), which is, as the name suggests, bitter. It could also have been a Brown Birch Bolete which my book says is soggy and not worth eating except for young ones. Less likely is that it was a Bay Bolete which is meant to be very tasty. But it doesn't look much like that from the picture in my book. My bet is that it was a Bitter.

7. Glistening Ink Cap (Coprinus Micaceus) - Edible but not worthwhile.

8. Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma Fasiculare) - Apparently has a horrible bitter taste. Shame as these were growing rampantly in the back garden.

9. Polypore of some kind I think, but I don't know what kind. Pretty sure it's not edible though.

10. I feel pretty certain this one was of the Tricholoma family, but it didn't smell soapy so I'm not sure it's the Soap-scented tricholoma, probably a different kind. Don't think it's edible.

11. Smooth Earthball (Scleroderma Verrucosum) - This is my guess but I think it's a fairly good one. Not edible as it causes diarrhoea.

12. Don't know what this is. I didn't take a spore print OR a picture of the gills, so I don't think I'll be able to identify it with any certainty.

13. Hedgehog Fungus (Hydnum Repandum) - Perhaps surprisingly, this one is meant to make good eating. I haven't tried it yet.

14. Slimy Milk Cap (Lactarius blennius) - First mushroom we found after getting the book. It was slimy, and white milk leaked from the cap. Nice easy identification that. Not good eating due to slimy cap and acrid taste.

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