Magic Mushrooms

[enitharmon]

I found these fungi growing in the grass verge in Strathaird Avenue, Walney - almost opposite the house where I lived as a baby.

Does anybody know what species they are? They look rather beautiful.

Comments

[acanthium.livejournal.com]

They look like sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), but I'd need to flip them over to be sure!

There's so many different mushrooms and toadstools around at the moment - s'great innit?!

[scaree.livejournal.com]

Well, they're not what I thought they were, that's for certain - but a little googling would cponfirm your identification http://tinyurl.com/y8a3ec.

I thought they were what we used to call orange fatties, but that might have been a local name I suppose.

[swanofkennet.livejournal.com]

If they were sulphur tuft and I flipped them over, what would I see?

[acanthium.livejournal.com]

Gills should be very pale and should leave a brown/purple spore print. If you pick one it should have a mild iodine smell to it. Just don't eat it!