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Crepidotus variabilis
I'd like to call it "cotton tail" - It was a pale cream-coloured mushroom cap about 15mm, arising from rotting wood. It had no stipe, instead there was a burst of fluffy hyphae where the pileus emerged from the wood, like a bracket. Gills were clear white. The white fluffy hyphae was seen on the underside as well (pics #4 & 5)
Damp Eucalyptus forest
Thanks to Alex Konig for confirming the ID
All Fungi in Western ghats find dried... Since August we able locate fresh.....
I love this ...Lars and Alex arguing about my spotting ...ooh..hoo!!. Wait, I've got heaps more fungi to put up - I know nothing about them and some of my pictures are not very clear because of those blasted leeches crawling all over me..
I definitely need help, you'll see !
Alex, thanks so much for the ID and Lars, I'd like your comments as well ...and no Stereum !!! :)
no fairy tales, no mushroom with gills grows upside down (what purpose would have the gills when they couldn't release their spores because they don't fall out of the gills). that have i and clive already tried to explain it to you. your crepidotus-branch was flipped over. and then i think the o. mucida you saw without stem were no oudemansiella!!
Hm, I've seen O. mucida with not much visible stem, growing similar on beeches like this one.
As for the Crepidotus - they usually grow gilled side up and the stem cuts/pushes a notch in the cap's edge, giving it a oyster-like shape. This is missing with this specimen above.
Looking at the gills, both geni appear to match.
I just threw Oudemansiella in, in case the Crepidotus genus will turn into no result.
when you see a stem/stalk can you suggest oudemansiella, but this one has obviously none. (and please no stereum) !! :)
thx ashish, even if i not completly sure how you meant it, but from you came never bad words- therefore THX :) how is your fungi-quest doing !!
no leuba no problem i definitly make aslo mistakes, I see it as opportunity to learn more. :)
thanks Alex. I thought you were never going to talk to me again for doubting you - I feel better now !
leuba-->how could i forget the genus crepidotus--> shame on me!! i think you are on the right direction
Alex, thanks for the suggestion - Could you please have a look at this link - do you think this might be Crepidotus sp at all ?
http://www.herbarium.iastate.edu/fungi/f...
I am about to put up another spotting of similar fungi - they look very like Crepitdotus sp as well. Could you please have a look at that as well..Thanks.
leuba --- go in the direction of the genus "pleurotes " (oyster). argybee thats mycelium, but not escaping, better said advancing. This mycelium has it good (nutritons/location) , thats why it want to spead further, than just the base as it usual does.
That's a fascinating fungus. I wonder what the fuzzy stuff is. Escaping mycelia?!
Spotted on Mar 12, 2012
Submitted on Mar 12, 2012
