Hilary,

I just caught a look of the phota you took at Kew, it looks like Stropharia
aurantiaca, (alien species) an early fruiting, but I have seen it early
before and it is very common on the woodcip mulch at Kew, especially in the
autumn.

Hope that helps

Andy
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From: "hilarybrindley" <hilary.brindley@...>
To: <londonfungi@...>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 6:57 PM
Subject: [londonfungi] A mystery from Kew


>I saw & photographed this at Kew today. Of course I didn't pick it,
> so almost all information is in the image. It was about 2.5 cm
> diameter, & I saw a few younger globular smaller ones also. They
> were the same bright orange-brown colour; the bigger one was shiny &
> tough-looking. Growing as you see on wood chips. Pic uploaded.
> Help!
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