High Wycombe, UK, October 2018Wrinkled peach mushroom (Rhodotus palmatus)I had the most gorgeous day
High Wycombe, UK, October 2018Wrinkled peach mushroom (Rhodotus palmatus)I had the most gorgeous day last Sunday - I went to High Wycombe in the Chilterns to hear my boyfriend sing Robert Frost in the woods at a weird weekend choir camp co-op thing, and then found my absolute favourite mushroom during a quick walk through the woods.Rhodotus palmatus is named for the similarity its cap bears to the lines of a palm which, though not seen on this specimen, often cover the entire cap, in a delicately interwoven web. This fungi is also sometimes observed to ‘bleed’ a reddish liquid from the cap and stem, similar to weeping polypores. There has been a lot of difficulty taxonomically placing this distinctive mushroom, which is currently the only member of its genus. After having at various times been placed in ‘nothing else fits’ categories, its current listing in Agaricales and Physalacriaceae is still contended, though genetic analysis has determined that the wrinkled peach is closely related to other members of Physalacriaceae.It is unfortunately now rather rare, its existence threatened by the dearth of rotting elm wood on which it grows, as the number of elms in Europe has declined drastically. -- source link
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