Sand dune fungi

[goosey]

I found these today on the sand dunes at the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. Not particularly exciting but I thought the fact they were growing directly on sand was interesting.

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[Drosera]

I think that they are very interesting - especially that they grow in sand - that must mean that they use particular strategies to survive. Thanks Goosey!

[goosey]

To be honest I have no idea how they survive or what their requirements are. Other fungi are spread or develope because their spores are distributed though the air or by inisects, or by their mycelium under ground - I presume fungi found on sand must work on the same priciple but there must be less nutrients though for them to feed off.

Talking of sand dune fungi there are some very nice species I would love to see which grow on sand like Dune cups, the tiny eathstar and dune waxcaps.

[goosey]

Not what I was expecting or hoping to see in the sand, a very small Helvella lacunosa - Elfin Saddle.



Helvella species seem to be getting everywhere at the mo' they really have been prolific this year.

[goosey]

It has been three years since I last saw Tulostoma brumale - Stilt puffball's, but to be honest I don't often venture to the area's I find them in the winter - too far on the bike- too cold and the wind is usually too strong . Today there were hundreds all over the place.

[bulbosa]

That must have been worth the ride.

Mal

[goosey]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

That must have been worth the ride.

Mal

It was .

Actually the Stilt puffball's are a lot smaller than I remembered them to be and they are only about the size of rabbit poo. Even though they are white and you would think they stand out easily in the moss or sand it is easy to dismiss then as pebbles - but never fear I have my eye in now!

[goosey]

I just presumed these were Tulostoma brumale - Stilt puffball's like those on post 5, but I have been reliably informed they are Tulostoma melanocyclum -scaly stalkball. Another new one for me .
These were found at De Amsterdamse Waterleiding duinen, on my first trip there since October.

[bulbosa]

Not something that has ever been found in the uk so well done again.

Mal

[goosey]

I found these last week they look like a Coprinaceae but they were so short at 2cm tall.

[bulbosa]

Definitely Coprinacea but without wheeling out the microscope that's what it will stay.

Mal

[goosey]

I have just realised this fungus should be on this thread too, it was for ID in a different thread
Dune fungus for ID

Psathyrella ammophila seen 20-05-2011




These are from today .

1. Inocybe serotina
2. Bovista pusilla

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[goosey]

These were found at Horsmeertjes Nature reserve on Texel.




I haven't even got round to looking for an ID yet .

[goosey]

I could kick myself for not digging around to expose the whole Pepperpot to see if practically being buried in sand made any difference to the develpment but I didn't .
Any way this is what I saw and how I saw it Myriostoma coliforme - Pepperpot growing out of te sand horizontally.

[goosey]

I have decide to copy a old thread into this thread as really it should be here with the other sand dune fungi and its better to keep it all together.

sand, earth or puff?

Originally posted 13-09-2011

Originally Posted by goosey

You would have thought that I would have come across these before but I haven't.

Image 1. Was the first I saw because it was out of the sand and the roots exposed (this like the others was about 6-7cm across) . It was the roots that caught my interest and why I started to take photo's.
I decided to cut this one open as I thought if the mycelium was carried in the roots it was already too late to do any harm.

Image 2. Shows the gleba spores.

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Image 3. Is another I found just poking out of the sand.

Image 4. This was a surprise because when I cleared the sand to make sure I was looking at the same type of fungus I exposed another. It should have also been spherical but I dented it not knowing it was there. The skin obviously is very soft.

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I actually saw another 6 which were just visible in the sand.

I was a bit flippant with the title, I don't even know if sandballs exist , so then, does anyone know what this fungus is?

Originally Posted by bulbosa

It certainly looks like an earthball but I can find no species that fits the description.

Mal

[goosey]

Here is yet another sand dune fungus I can't ID, I wish there was a book or website dedicated to sand dune fungi - it would be rather useful!

Found today 18-05-2012

[goosey]

Originally Posted by goosey

It has been three years since I last saw Tulostoma brumale - Stilt puffball's, but to be honest I don't often venture to the area's I find them in the winter - too far on the bike- too cold and the wind is usually too strong . Today there were hundreds all over the place.

I was quite surprised to see so many Tulostoma brumale about yesterday, not only because it seems so much earlier in the year/season than I usually see them but they were not young, just emerging but well established.

Although this species is found quite readily here in the NPZK it is on the The Netherlands red data list, so no way would I have pulled it up to reveal an amazingly long stipe.
This had been done by either another fungi enthusiast, at least they left it for the spores to disperse or one of the mammals had kicked it up.

The stipe was about 8-9cm long, I was surprised at the length compared to the cap. Usually I just see a cm or 2 at the very most.

[bulbosa]

Most of us only see them when you post pictures
Mal

[goosey]

Something else to add to the sand dune thread, but I don't know what they are .
I saw this little pair today, very fiberous pointed caps, about 2.5cm tall with white gills and stipe.

[goosey]

I know it doesn't look like it but I did find it in the sand dunes and right next to the beach at that. I am rather pleased as it is one of the three sand dune fungi I really wanted to find (the others being Phallus hadriani a stink horn and Peziza ammophila the dune cup). It looks very similar to other Hygrocybe species especially as it is in the star moss, I wish I had taken a wider angle image to include the sand now. .

[goosey]

Originally Posted by goosey

I know it doesn't look like it but I did find it in the sand dunes and right next to the beach at that. I am rather pleased as it is one of the three sand dune fungi I really wanted to find (the others being Phallus hadriani a stink horn and Peziza ammophila the dune cup). It looks very similar to other Hygrocybe species especially as it is in the star moss, I wish I had taken a wider angle image to include the sand now. .

What luck!
I was on Texel for a few days and I found some more Dune waxcaps - complete with sand .
Here we are -

[goosey]

Hooray!
I can't believe my luck .
Either of these would easily fit in to the find of the day thread but they are best here with the other dune fungi.

This morning I found two of the fungi which is found in sand dunes right on the beach which I have been looking for for two or three years.

My first find I was so happy with - a dune stinkhorn - Phallus hadriani, I never expected to go on and find another three!
And they stink every just as much as Phallus impudicus!




Then I went and found some, Dune cups - Peziza ammophila ,about a dozen altogether. The first ones I found were small and unopened or open but damaged with the points knocked off. So I searched and searched until I found a perfect little specimen .



In Dutch they are called zandtulpjes, which translates into "little sand tulips" whch I think is very apt.

[bulbosa]

A couple of lovely finds. You keep coming up with the goods.

Mal

[goosey]

Originally Posted by bulbosa

A couple of lovely finds. You keep coming up with the goods.

Mal

Thanks Mal . There is another cup like fungus I should be able to find (some~when ) which I din't know existed until yesterday when I was trying to research sand dune fungi. It is the Geopora arenicola - sandy earthcup.

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I found this Melanoleuca cinereifolia at the same time but was so excited about the dune stinkhorn and the Dune cups I hardly bothered with it and the others I saw . I put it on waarneming.nl to be ID'd and it turns out that it is another fungus which isn't so common here and is on the red data list.

[bulbosa]

The message has to be more than 10 characters but I thought 10 of the above would be a bit of overkill
Mal