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Natural History of Radley

Unidentified Flora

 
Help wanted: Can you identify any of the plants in the following photographs? If so, please contact us. See also the Orchid Pages for further identification problems.
 

unknown fungus in lawn, photographed October 1997 by B J Crowley

Mushrooms growing in lawn, October 1997. Caps are typically 2 - 5 cm with brown gills. Opening to up to ~8cm becoming concave. Grows in loose clusters as illustrated

Bracket fungus, photographed 16 May 2005 by B Crowley

Bracket fungus growing on tree stump. Whitish on top, brown underneath. Size ~ 6cm across.

? Skeletocutis nivea (Jungh) Jean Keller ?

(15 May 2005)*

Lichen on buddleia branch, photographed 22 May 2005 by B Crowley

Lichen growing on old buddleia branch.The branch is 2.5cm in diameter. Colour range of plant is yellow-green to grey. (22 May 2005)

Lichen, photographed 17 July 2005 by B Crowley

Lichen growing on end of 2.5cm dead stick, Resembles Hypogymnia physodes.

(17 July 2005)*

   

Photographed 9 October 2005 by B Crowley

Cluster of small dark shiny caps (1-2cm) appeared in lawn one morning. By afternoon the caps had become dull with a sooty appearance. By next day it was virtually gone.

(9 October 2005)

Photographed 15 October 2005 by B Crowley

Approx 7-8cm across, with distinctive smooth milky appearance, growing in woodland.

(15 October 2005)*

   

Photographed 9 October 2005 by B Crowley

Mushrooms growing in lawn, similar to those top left, but paler. Caps opened out into almost flat mexican hats with pale edges.

(9 October 2005)

Photographed 09 October 2005 by B Crowley

Same as left. Photograph of underside showing gills and revealing white spores.

(9 October 2005)

 
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