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That's how I identify Inocybaceae. ;)

You are completely right. I usually don't bother with them since I fear that they need sequencing. In this case it's quite easy, though. This species looks just like A. lividopallecens but has (sub-)globose spores instead of ellipsoid ones.

Amanita sublividopallescens Migliozzi & Di Palma 2024
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Coprinus comatus drawn with Coprinus comatus ink
(based on an old painting from an unknown illustrator)

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Are you sure? This looks like Dacrymyces to me, maybe sth like D. chrysospermus. Tremella mesenterica usually forms only one or two gelatinous blobs, not more than a handful smaller ones. Also, Tremella mesenterica is a mycoparasite, infecting Peniophora species, and I'm not seeing any Peniophora.

Deconica subviscida ssp. velata
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Trichia scabra
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Septoria aegopodii parasitising Aegopodium podagraria
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Pholiotina arrhenii
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Lachnum impudicum
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Arrhenia chlorocyanea
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very interesting! i'll keep an eye open.

This is a species of genus Arrhenia. Very common moss symbionts/parasites.

Chroogomphus rutilus growing with Picea glauca
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you're welcome ;)

There are a few globally distributed species in the Lycogala epidendrum complex which -- unfortunately -- make it impossible to ID those observations to species level without electron microscopy or genetic analysis. dx.doi.org/10.1127/nova...

Metatrichia vesparia
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Pholiota adiposa on Fagus sylvatica
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Legaliana badia
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those belong to genus Lachnum
Microscopy is required for species ID

Rutstroemia firma on Quercus robur
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Clavaria krieglsteineri
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Geoglossum cookeanum
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Sarcoscypha spp. in Europe In late winter and early spring, beautiful red cup fungi of genus _Sarcoscypha_ can be found growing on fallen twigs and branches. In Europe, there are three possible species (four if you include _S. ...

This is a Sarcoscypha species, but microscopy would be needed to identify it up to species level. more information (links to north american species included): www.inaturalist.org/posts/90070-...

Peronospora conferta parasitising Cerastium holosteoides
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Xanthoriicola physciae parasitising Xanthoria parietina
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This is Panellus stipticus.

thank you. yes, i was very unsure about that Anguillospora. i'll let you know when i find something else. :)

you're welcome :)

European key to the genus Scutellinia Key to the European species of Scutellinia

Nice finding! :) But there are many Scutellinia species that look more or less the same. Even with microscopy it's quite a workload. Therefore, this should remain a genus level identification. European key (there are certainly ressources for American specimens): ascomycete.org/Keys/Key/key...