Interesting fungi in Portugal

 Leratiomyces ceres ( previously Stropharia aurantiaca)
Redlead Roundhead

Tricholoma colossus

Kjempemusserong

Entoloma serrulatum

Mørktannet rødspore

Clathrus ruber/Basket Stinkhorm

Clathrus ruber

Lots of excitement when I found the "eggs" (below) right next to the Basket Stinkhorn (above).

Unfortunately, the eggs were from the ordinary Common Stinkhorn.

However, I had the pleasure of tasting the "nuts" from the eggs for the first time. They tasted, well, nutty.

Phallus impudicus, eggs

Common stinkhorn eggs (with "nuts" removed and eaten by yours truly)

Hekseegg

Do not mistake the Macrolepiota venenata for the M. procera

Macrolepiota venenata 

Poisonous

Looks similar to Macrolepiota procera but is toxic

Grows in clusters, unlike the M. procera (see below).

Macrolepiota procera

Stor parasollsopp

Edible

Corpinopsis lagopus

Corpinopsis lagopus

Dunblekksopp

Corpinopsis lagopus

Some choice edibles found in Portugal

Lactarius deliciosus

Saffron Milkcap

Furumatriske

Edible/Spiselig

Boletus pinophilus

Pinewood King Bolete

Rødbrun steinsopp

Edible/Spiselig

Cantharellus amethysteus/ 

Amethyst Chanterelle( Ametystkantarell)

Russula cyanoxantha

Charcoal burner

Broket kremle

The XX111 Meeeting of the European Conferderation of Mediterranean Mycolody (CEMM)

I was fortunate to attend the meeting at Fornos de Algodres in Portugal (8-13.11.2015), a fest for fungiphiles. The weather prior to the meeting ensured that mushrooms were everywhere we looked ....and did not look.

Here are some highlights:

Tricholoma saponaceum var squamosum (Skjellet såpemusserong)

Rhodocollybia maculata /Spotted collybia (Flekket rotsopp)

Russula rhodopus (Lakkremle)