More Fungi From the Forest of Preuilly

 

Sorting fungi into their families after an outing so they can be identified to species level.

Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare (Fr. Hypholome en touffe).

Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum (Fr. Scleroderme commun).

Brown Rollrim Paxillus involutus (Fr. Paxille enroulé), highly toxic and growing very close to the prized edible mushroom below, and looking superficially very like it. Beware!

Bay Bolete Imleria badia (Fr. Bolet bai), considered an excellent edible species. But recent studies have shown that boletes accumulate radioactivity at a considerable rate.

Saffron Milkcap Lactarius deliciosus (Fr. Lactaire delicieuse), edible and gathered for the table here, but only commercially harvested in the south of France and in Spain.

Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum (Fr. Vesse de loup perlée).

Miller Clitopilus prunulus (Fr. Meunier), so called because of its strong smell of flour. Could be mistaken for a Clitocybe sp.

Split Porecrust Schizopora paradoxa (Fr. Polypore étrange).

This pair of fungi foraging newbies have just been told that the mushrooms they are holding are toxic.

A pinkgill Entoloma sp.