Coming to a resolution of sorts on the Beech fungus, I suspect that it is quite old and therefore it is reasonable to suppose it is possible that all the scales might have been washed off.
Two or three features really stand out.
Firstly this was one of the most slimy, slippiest things I have ever tried to pick up. This fits with the Pholiota group and not Gymnopilus.
Its stems are curved horizontally and downwards to the caps, again pointing to Pholiota.
The stems are all conjoined at the base, a feature noted for Pholiota.
When tasted it was nasty in texture but it was not bitter. That really should eliminate Gymnopilus.
Cloudy Funnel on the left, Oyster on the right as I look at these two.
And again. Note the pale, clunky, decurrent and widely spaced gills on the Oyster.
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