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Fungi found 16-10-2020 by Wild Child Group

  • Leo Photo 1: can't be identified from a photo
    Lep 1
    Leo photo 2 A Bonnet Cap fungus (there are several species of Bonnet Cap, all very similar. They are all in the genus Mycena)
    Leo 2
    Leo photo 3 An Ink Cap. These start off white or brown but go into a liquid black mess as they get older. The almost liquid "ink" is full of the fungus spores. See Leo's photo 7 and Noah's photo 5
    Leo 3
    Leo photo 4 This has the disgusting name of the Dog's Sick Slime Mould. Slime moulds are really more like animals and are not closely related to real fungi. For most of the year the "animal" is a slimy creature with no obvious structures at all. It oozes about underground eating bacteria and tiny bits of dead plants. In autumn the slime crawls up a gras stem and turns into what looks like a fungus (or like dog sick). The dog sick produces the spores that can blow away and grow into new slime moulds. See Mattia's photo 1 as well
    Leo 4
    Leo photo 5 A Pleated Ink cap - there are several similar pleated ink caps all in the genus called Parasola
    Leo 5
    Leo photo 6 Turkey tail fungus. This is a "bracket fungus" - which means it doesn't have a stalk but grows on a piece of dead wood or living tree, sticking out like a small shelf. It's quiet hard and lives a long time. Underneath are lots of pores where the spores come out: very different from the gills on an ordinary toadstool or mushroom,
    Leo 6
    Leo photo 7 An old Ink Cap. These start off white or brown bur go into a sticky black mess as they get older. The almost liquid "ink" is full of the fungus spores. See Leo's photo 7 and Noah's photo 5
    Leo 7
    Leo photo 8 Can't be identified from a photo
    Leo 8
    Noah photo 1 Can't be identified from a photo
    Noah 1
    Noah photo 2 Can't be identified from a photo
    Noah 2
    Noah photo 3 Can't be identified from a photo
    Noah 3
    Noah photo 4 Not quite certain but these are probably Bonnet Caps like Leo's photo 2
    Noah 4
    Noah photo 5 A very old Ink Cap. These start off white or brown bur go into a sticky black mess as they get older. The almost liquid "ink" is full of the fungus spores. See Leo's photo 7 and Leo's photo 3
    Noah 5
    Mattia photo 1 This has the disgusting name of the Dog's Sick Slime Mould. Slime moulds are really more like animals and are not closely related to real fungi. For most of the year the "animal" is a slimy creature with no obvious structures at all. It oozes about underground eating bacteria and tiny bits of dead plants. In autumn the slime crawls up a gras stem and turns into what looks like a fungus (or like dog sick). The dog sick produces the spores that can blow away and grow into new slime moulds. See Leo's photo 4 as well
    Mattia 1
    Mattia photo 2 can't be identified from a photo
    Mattia.2

     

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