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As Mark said, it's not an Amanita (Fly Agaric family) because they don't grow directly of dead wood like that. It is an Agaric though, because that is just a general term that refers to mushrooms with gills (for the most part). The Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) is the only Amanita I know which has 'Agaric' in its common name.
Anyway, great pictures, very interesting mushroom, I'll try and look into it at some point.
Emm doesn't match with the specie or the first and second picture? Because if your saying that the specie A. pantherina doesn't match with the pics.. I'm not really sure neither... But the 3 pics are the same kind of fungus!
Hi Panther Cap! This 2 suggestions are great! The A.crenulata doesn´t look like the ones of the picture but A. pantherina is very similar!! I'm not really sure is that is the specie but I'm gonna take it for now! Thank you!!
yeah.. Is hard to say.. There still there in the same place that I found them, so maybe, if I got lucky, I can go and find out a little bit more about this fungus and of course take some pictures.. I will be posting info and pictures about it so you can be informed.!
It's important to see what is under the cap. There could be gills, like the pages of a book, or maybe a surface with tiny holes (pores). Maybe you could lay one on it's side. I'm also curious how well it is attached to the log. Usually a cap of that shape with nodules on would be most likely an agaric (like 'Fly Agaric') but that family doesn't grow on timber. Very nice looking fungi !!
Thank you Leuba! Well I'm not really sure what kind of tree they growing in, but I can tell you that is a broken branch in a small river, and this little guys was a kind a premature because the next day, I went to the same place and I found them quite different than in the picture above. The size was like 2 inches tall.. I'm going to upload a picture of them on the next day for you guys can see them
These are fantastic shots LeviWong. Could you please tell us how big they were and what wood/tree they were growing on ?