In the first compartment I picked up this broken up Russula, which might have been Russula ochroleuca, the very common Ochre Brittle Gill. The macro-chemicals didn't exactly as expected however, with the Guiac going Blue-Green, but the Iron going maybe pink-gray but then dark grey. In addition, the gills when crushed, smelt like rotten fish I thought. So, as usual, no firm answer - but it looked like the Ochre, and I have seen several rather similar ones in the past. I did eventually agree there were some greenish tinges and possibly some darker ochre spots. It is also on the Pitt/Weightman list.
In the Beech compartment there was a Ramaria species, which could have been Ramaria stricta. It was a bit discoloured buff, and I thought it smelt very strongly aromatic, possibly of aniseed. Ramaria stricta is said to only smell slightly of aniseed. Paula didn't pick up anything at all. About 5 minutes after giving it a good squeeze, the wine-red colour was fairly clear. However it can't be identified with any certainty anyway.
It seemed to be closer to the Sweet Chestnut and Hornbeams than to the Beech downhill.
Looks like a wood-eating Mycena, possibly Mycena inclinata although the foot wasn't very woolly. It might also be Mycena arcangeliana but I couldn't smell the iodine aroma that is supposed to be characteristic.
My first sighting this year of Plicaturopsis crispa, the Crimped Gill, new to the UK but spreading remarkably and now very common.
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