These are my fungi finds from my foray yesterday evening, shared with my less able friend. Chanterelles, a few amethyst deceivers and a few ceps. I expected the large one to be full of grubs but was very pleased to find that it wasn't. I found quite a lot of ceps that had gone past their kitchen use that weren't there just over a week ago. The first pic is the loch and woodland around where I found the bounty in the second pic.
Uff said: The stems had an almost black lacy look to them and breaking one down the middle the 2 halves turned black. See pic. They look like a bolete of some sort. They are both immature and the larger cap is about one and a half ins across. I'm wondering if they are young brown birch boletes steephill? If they are then they aren't poisonous.
They might be Orange Birch Boletus - Leccinum versipelle. but they are a bit too dark. The stem and flesh of the Brown variety doesn't turn black when cut so that rules it out.
Edit - I had a look at your photo and adjusted the colour balance to render the paper white. This shows that the cap is indeed orange.
I don't know steephill. I found these today (two different specimens) and have assumed they might be orange bolete the caps are different to the one I posted last evening. The pic of last evening's one was taken under the kitchen wall cupboard and artificial lighting. Lesson learned, pic should be posted having been taken under natural light.
Location is an important factor. Orange Birch Bolete is only found under birch trees whereas Orange Oak Bolete is found under a range of tree species including oak, birch beech, and poplar. The blue/green staining on your latest specimens would indicate Orange Oak Bolete but remember my earlier warning about variability!
Yes I always try to remember that wise advice steephill, thank you.
After I'd made my last post last evening I did some reading about boletes and the article said that they were easy to identify and I agree that in general they are, we only have to look underneath, but identifying which one isn't so easy because, as with other fungi, they change appearance daily. I think I shall study them more this year as, since I became interested in fungi, I haven't paid them much attention and I've been concentrating on easily identifiable edibles and that's wrong because apparently there are several very tasty boletes.
Just been out for a couple of hours looking specifically for hedgehog fungi. I've found them there in the past but someone had beaten me to them but walking back to the car and down a bank I found these ones. A bit past their best but no doubt tasty never the less.
Possibly Grey Spotted Amanita - Amanita excelsa. However the Panthercap looks very similar but the way to tell them apart is to examine the skirt on the stem. Grey Spotted has striations whereas the Panthercap is smooth. I can see striations so probably Grey Spotted Amanita.
Edit - it may be The Blusher. Does the white flesh discolour to red when cut?
I think it's probably the first one you mention - Grey Spotted Amanita but not 100%. See the next 2 pics which might help. It doesn't bruise red like The Blusher does.
The stem is full of maggots and the gills are crowded
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The first pic is the loch and woodland around where I found the bounty in the second pic.
They might be Orange Birch Boletus - Leccinum versipelle. but they are a bit too dark. The stem and flesh of the Brown variety doesn't turn black when cut so that rules it out.
After I'd made my last post last evening I did some reading about boletes and the article said that they were easy to identify and I agree that in general they are, we only have to look underneath, but identifying which one isn't so easy because, as with other fungi, they change appearance daily.
I think I shall study them more this year as, since I became interested in fungi, I haven't paid them much attention and I've been concentrating on easily identifiable edibles and that's wrong because apparently there are several very tasty boletes.
The stem is full of maggots and the gills are crowded