Tiny Mushrooms

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:49 am

A pair of tiny mushrooms in the heather hills.
[Edit:] Confirmed that this is Cuphophyllus virgineus [end Edit]

A handheld stack of 24 exp. at 1/180 sec. f/3.5 with Olympus 50 mm macro lens. Natural light.

I suppose the star like appearence i a result of dry weather causing the edge of the hat to turn upwards and display the edges of the thick lamellas.

Troels

dack9 · Post by **dack9** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:07 am

Pretty mushrooms )
And good quality shot.

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:58 am

Nice find and well photographed.

Looks like a species of Honey fungus, or Armillaria? But I am not good in determining fungus :-)

peterkinchington · Post by **peterkinchington** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:39 pm

Really interesting form!

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 3:00 pm

Markus,
You pushed me to the shelf of handbooks to take a closer look for identification.
I have my doubt about your suggestion of Armillaria. The Danish species of Honey fungus have thin lamellas and are more brownish. And most of them grow on tree roots, not in open land.

After scanning through my wonderfull book with photos and descriptions of 1000 species of Danish fungi I dare propose an other name: Hygrocybe virginea.
There is indeed a good match with habitat, time of year, size, color and fat lamellas with alternating height.

Untill someone teach me something else, I think I will call it that.
[Edit:] Just got the identification confirmed from an expert. Although the genus name has changed since publication of my handbook to Cuphophyllus virgineus it is still the same species [end Edit]

The Danish name "Snehvid vokshat" translates into something like "Snow-white Waxhat".

Troels

Cyberspider · Post by **Cyberspider** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:07 am

Oh, I think I should stay with insects...

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 2:57 am

No, please, don't get embarressed because of the vast amount of knowledge waiting for you.

I would rather inspire you to look for used and discounted handbooks and keys covering different fields of nature and enjoy the help from experienced people.

I really believe the world need more natural generalists.
It is tempting to specialize, focus on a small group and forget that every living creature we meet is part of a much bigger picture - including ourselves.

Troels