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Tripe Fungus (
Auricularia mesenterica).
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- 1. Tripe Fungus
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- 1. Tripe Fungus
On dead oak (probably) branches. 2-3cm long. No smell. Jelly like. Never seen any fungus like this before! I think it must be a very young example of something that will enlarge and become lobed later. Something like Tripe Fungus or Witches Butter. ID is possible.
2.
Purple Jellydisk (
Ascocoryne sarcoides).
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- 2. Purple Jellydisk
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- 2. Purple Jellydisk
On dead oak (probably) branches. Single bits 1cm across, but clustered in groups. Rubbery. ID is fairly likely.
3.
Wood Mushroom (
Agaricus silvicola).
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- 3. Wood Mushroom
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- 3. Wood Mushroom
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- 3. Wood Mushroom
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- 3. Wood Mushroom
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- 3. Wood Mushroom
Under pine and oak. Cap 12cm. Smell sweet aniseed. Spores seem a bit too big for Wood Mushroom, but I'm still fairly sure of the ID. Single specimen only. Eaten. Sporeprint very dark purply black/brown. Spores 5.5-7µ x 4-5.5µ. Spores seem a bit too big for Wood Mushroom, but I'm still fairly sure of the ID.
4. Unidentified.
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- 4. Unidentified
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- 4. Unidentified
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- 4. Unidentified
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- 4. Unidentified
Growing on leaf litter. Cap 4-6cm. Slight mushroomy smell. Very variable appearance. Sporeprint white. Spores 7-9.5µ x 4-5µ.
5.
Lilac Bonnet (
Mycena pura).
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- 5. Lilac Bonnet
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- 5. Lilac Bonnet
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- 5. Lilac Bonnet
Growing on leaf litter. Cap 5cm. Very slight meally smell. Not sure on the id but Lilac Bonnet is the closest I can find. ID is very likely.
6.
Ochre Brittlegill (
Russula ochroleuca).
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- 6. Ochre Brittlegill
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- 6. Ochre Brittlegill
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- 6. Ochre Brittlegill
Cap 4-7cm. ID is almost sure. Sporeprint white. Spores 8.5-10.5µ x 7-8.5µ.
7.
Clouded Funnel (
Clitocybe nebularis).
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- 7. Clouded Funnel
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- 7. Clouded Funnel
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- 7. Clouded Funnel
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- 7. Clouded Funnel
Growing on leaf litter close to rotting wood. Quite a lot of these in groups around the wood. Cap 7-11cm. Smell slight, sweet and pleasant. Very tough stem. Possibly Clouded Funnel except that I happened to notice that the stem was very tough and the Clouded Funnel should have an easily broken stem. ID is fairly likely. Sporeprint pale ochre. Spores 5.5-7.5µ x 3.5-5µ.
8.
Jelly Rot (
Phlebia tremellosa).
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- 8. Jelly Rot
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- 8. Jelly Rot
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- 8. Jelly Rot
Growing on birch logs. Jelly Rot should have a white top which this doesn’t, however the underside looks exactly right. ID is fairly likely.
9.
Ugly Milkcap (
Lactarius turpis).
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- 9. Ugly Milkcap
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- 9. Ugly Milkcap
Growing on or through leaf litter around beech trees. Cap 7-10cm. No smell. ID is very likely.
10.
Lemon Disco (
Bisporella citrina).
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- 10. Lemon Disco
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- 10. Lemon Disco
Small yellow dots on rotting wood. This is an experiment with a narrow aperture. The 1st photo is macro auto-focus, and the 2nd is with an aperture of f/8. Neither is very successful. The 1st is only in focus for a narrow section (as expected) and the 2nd is has very deep focus depth but looks slightly out of focus everywhere. Could be that it was affected by a bit of hand shakiness.
11.
Tawny Funnel (
Lepista flaccida).
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- 11. Tawny Funnel
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- 11. Tawny Funnel
Growing on leaf litter under beech. Cap 8-10cm. Slight smell. ID is almost sure.
12.
Butter Cap (
Collybia butyracea).
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- 12. Butter Cap
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- 12. Butter Cap
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- 12. Butter Cap
Growing under beech. Slight mushroom smell. ID is almost sure. Sporeprint whiteish. Spores 5-7µ x 3-4.5µ.
13.
White Saddle (
Helvella crispa).
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- 13. White Saddle
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- 13. White Saddle
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- 13. White Saddle
6-10cm high. No smell. 10cm is very tall for this species.
14.
Rooting Shank (
Xerula radicata).
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- 14. Rooting Shank
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- 14. Rooting Shank
No smell.
15. Unidentified.
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- 15. Unidentified
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- 15. Unidentified
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- 15. Unidentified
12cm. A very old ugly thing.
16.
Lactarius fluens.
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- 16. Lactarius fluens
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- 16. Lactarius fluens
Growing under beech. Cap 4-8cm. No smell. Milk tastes immediately hot. Not certain about this id, but seems likely. ID is fairly likely.
17.
Common Puffball (
Lycoperdon perlatum).
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- 17. Common Puffball
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- 17. Common Puffball
Including a rather rude looking one.
18.
Wood Blewit (
Lepista nuda).
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- 18. Wood Blewit
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- 18. Wood Blewit
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- 18. Wood Blewit
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- 18. Wood Blewit
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- 18. Wood Blewit
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- 18. Wood Blewit
Growing under fir and seemingly avoiding broad leaved trees. Cap 6-12cm. Smell perfumed. Eaten. Sporeprint very pale pinkish. Spores 7-8µ x 4.5-5.5µ.
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Clouded Funnel (
Clitocybe nebularis).
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- 19. Clouded Funnel
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- 19. Clouded Funnel
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- 19. Clouded Funnel
Cap 8-12cm.
20.
Stump Puffball (
Lycoperdon pyriforme).
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- 20. Stump Puffball
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- 20. Stump Puffball
Growing on rotting wood. 2-4cm.
21.
Beige Coral (
Clavulinopsis umbrinella).
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- 21. Beige Coral
Growing on ground. It looks like Beige Coral, although that is rare so might be something else. ID is best guess.
22.
Stereum ostrea.
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- 22. Stereum ostrea
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- 22. Stereum ostrea
Growing on rotting wood (beech wood?). Cups 1-2cm. This looks exactly like Stereum ostrea but that’s most unlikely as Roger Phillips says it’s very rare with no confirmed British records. (But it does appear in greenhouses as it’s a tropical species.). ID is best guess.
23.
Wood Hedgehog (
Hydnum repandum).
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- 23. Wood Hedgehog
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- 23. Wood Hedgehog
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- 23. Wood Hedgehog
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- 23. Wood Hedgehog
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- 23. Wood Hedgehog
Cap 7-14cm. Smell faint. Taste a little bitter after a moment. Eaten. Sporeprint white. Spores 6.5-8µ x 5-7µ.
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Pestle Puffball (
Handkea excipuliformis).
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- 24. Pestle Puffball
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- 24. Pestle Puffball
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- 24. Pestle Puffball
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- 24. Pestle Puffball
Growing in grass under trees. Up to 15cm high. Huge and impressive!
25.
Coconut Milkcap (
Lactarius glyciosmus).
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- 25. Coconut Milkcap
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- 25. Coconut Milkcap
Growing under birch. Cap 3-5cm. Smell was more fruity than coconutty but perhaps fruity is near enough. Milk tastes very mild. Slimy look is misleading as photo was taken just after a very heavy rain shower. Probably would have said this was a Grey Milkcap but that has hot acrid milk so it can’t be that. ID is fairly likely.
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Purple Russula (
Russula atropurpurea).
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- 26. Purple Russula
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- 26. Purple Russula
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- 26. Purple Russula
Growing under some kind of broad leaf tree, not sure which. Cap 6-8cm. No smell. Taste hot. ID is very likely.