fungi with a hat

[goosey]

I took this picture of a Lepista nuda on the 14th December, when I was out today I saw it again, what puzzles me though is the growth on top of the cap. There were 5 others in the same patch but they didn't have a hat, and neither has any of the others I have seen before. Why does this happen?



Sorry I have used the plural in the title!

[ericrovve]

If I'd seen it, it wouldn't have had time to put its hat on, Goosey

[bulbosa]

Goosey
Sometimes this extra growth of gills or even a full new fruitbody can be caused when the fungi is damaged in its early stages. I have a patch of Amethyst Deceivers which grow like this each year and they are not damaged maybe it is to do with the colour

[goosey]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

Goosey
Sometimes this extra growth of gills or even a full new fruitbody can be caused when the fungi is damaged in its early stages. I have a patch of Amethyst Deceivers which grow like this each year and they are not damaged maybe it is to do with the colour

It's quite possible these do get damaged, where I find them I often find highland cattle or Konik ponies grazing, its also where I get most of my dung fungi photo's.
Quite interesting really - strange though why the extra growth grows upside down.

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

Goosey
Sometimes this extra growth of gills or even a full new fruitbody can be caused when the fungi is damaged in its early stages. I have a patch of Amethyst Deceivers which grow like this each year and they are not damaged maybe it is to do with the colour

I've noticed this alot too, and as you say, mainly in Laccaria amethystina
.

[goosey]

I thought I would do an update and let you know how the fungus with the hat is getting on . The first image was taken 14th December and the second of the same Lepista nuda was taken today 6th February.



I wonder if it will still be hanging on next time I go.

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by goosey

I wonder if it will still be hanging on next time I go.

Unless you're off there now, I seriously doubt it. It's already way far into decay to survive another day as a structure. Well, unless you count a sludgy mess on the grass!

[goosey]

I found another fungus with a hat today, (actually its more of a flat cap ). It was totally flat and fused to cap of the fungus.
I am not even sure what type of fungus it is, it was 4cm across and found under beech. I am rather annoyed with the gill shot, it doesn't show them too clearly but the were quite wide apart, shallow and fiberous.

[goosey]

This Russula has a bobble hat .



(ID welcome )

[goosey]

Here we are back where we started - a Lepista nuda with a hat .

[goosey]

This was odd, not only because it was wearing a hat , but the way it was growing ot of the tree. It was stuck straight out growing at 90 degrees from the trunk.
Any idea's what it could be?

[black]

No idea what it is but very cool! The second photo looks like a baby's dummy

[goosey]

Originally Posted by goosey

This was odd, not only because it was wearing a hat , but the way it was growing ot of the tree. It was stuck straight out growing at 90 degrees from the trunk.
Any idea's what it could be?

Originally Posted by black

No idea what it is but very cool! The second photo looks like a baby's dummy

You are quite right!
You will have to be careful or before you know it I will have started another thread "fungi which looks like something else".
I can think of one already but I might just have to ban myself .