Tudeley Woods, towards Pembury walks

 A lovely walk south from the car park towards Pembury Walks

The Woolly Milkcaps, Lactarius torminosus, were a rather luscious pink and densely hairy, a relatively easy species to identify. 

Mycorrhizal with (usually) Birch, August to October, often in grass on woodland edges rather than in the depths, acid soil, perhaps damp. The rings are darker and more obvious toward the centre, with the wool more obvious toward the margin. Sometimes a sight odour of turpentine.

The cap is convex, slow to flatten out, with a central depression. The gills are crowded. The white or cream milk is very acrid. The stem hollows out as the fruiting body ages.

This one was a bit older and lighter in colour, now flat to concave

This should be the paler, cream to flesh pink - rather than rose pink - Milkcap the Downy Milkcap, Lactarius pubescens, and its great to see the two of them together on the same visit. 

This one was a bit deeper in the woods than the Woolly Milkcaps - I think. It is said to usually grow in groups, and confined to Birch. It is distinguished on first sight from the Woolly Milkcap by its slightly smaller size, paler nature overall and perhaps slightly shaggier margins.

This is the Yellowdrop Milkcap, Lactarius chrysorrheus, with its characteristic patches on the cap, often zonate, and the easily released latex quickly turning to a bright yellow.

The Amanitas that were in the area were dominated by the Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria, which were in great numbers.  

There were also good numbers of the False Deathcap, Amanita citrina, 

and some remaining Blushers, Amanita rubescens

Here was a good Amethyst Deceiver, Laccaria amethystina, nicely coloured.

and a very nice BrittleGill, Russula, species unknown.

One species I was very glad to see, was the Bovine Bolete, Suillus bovinus, in good numbers for the first time, and together with what I now think was the closely linked Rosy Spike, Gomphidius roseus. A rather old and decrepit specimen if so. 

Note the complex pores of the Bolete

The other Bolete found was a very small Penny Bun, Boletus edulis.

On wood there was some great Common Rustgills, Gymnopilus penetrans, which I don't think I have actually recorded before. Note the lack of scales.

Also from a woody source, this time a stump, we have some lovely fresh young Hen of the Woods, Grifola frondosa. What a treat!

and some Sulphur Tufts, Hypholoma fasciculare, or Hypholoma at least. 

These are much younger, with the reddish tops

In the mossy banks, there was some tiny Moss Navels, Rickenella fibula.

and finally some Trentepohlia alga on a tree trunk