Some Waxcaps at Hengoed Isa

Nice to see some waxcaps on the garden lawn, here is the first, unknown fungus at least as far as I can tell,

Parrot Waxcaps, Hygrocybe psittacina, varying amount of green,  

Slimy Waxcap, Gliophorus irrigatus, looking good

Ivory Bonnet, Atheniella (Mycena) flavoalba possibly.

Dene Park

In Dene Park I think, this is Clustered Bonnet, Mycena inclinata around the base of this tree. Note the strong umbos, the caps furrowing nearly to the centre, the crenellated margin and the white fluff around the base of the un-furrowed stems.

Milkcap possibly Lactarius quietus linked to Oak or Lactarius pyrogallus linked commonly to Hazel.

and a Brittlegill that might not be possibly Russula cyanoxantha or perhaps Russula parazurea

Black footed Polypore at Cobtree Manor

One of the Blackfooted Polypores, Polyporus leptocephalus. Small to large, tan brown, cap should be radially fibrillose and not darker in the centre. 6 - 9 pores per mm, pale-grey pores perhaps, very thin white flesh maybe, wide range of broadleaved trees, common.

A bit old, but nice to see in comparison to the Tuberous Polypore, Polyporus tuberaster and the Bay Polypore, Polyporus badius, which is darker and shiny, pale brown flesh possibly, white pore surface.

Second visit to Oldbury Hill

 

Towards the end of my very quick visit I came across these pale caps which turned out to be either Cortinarius alboviolacea or more likely it now appears, Cortinarius acutispissipes, newly recognised as present in Britain and now (according to the DNA so far) to be the commoner of these two sister species, with slightly larger spores. Very pleased that Geoffrey Kibby confirmed on the Facebook post that I was at least in the right area! 

Oldbury Hill

Sulphur Knight. Tricholoma sulphureum. Certainly smelt horrible and was very yellow!

False Death Cap, Amanita citrina, no images this time.

The Blusher, Amanita rubescens perhaps

Oak Milkcap, Lactarius chrysorrheus - I think!

Beech Milkcap, Lactarius blennius. Slimy when wet and quite unprepossessing. Cap pale olive to greenish grey, occasionally tinged pink, soon depressed in centre, typically blotchy. Light grey or cap-coloured stem. Copious milk that dries grey. Usually with Beech, sometimes Oak, usually on acid soil. 

The Common Rustgill again attached to a small twig, Gymnopilus penetrans.

Amethyst Deceiver, Laccaria amesthystina, in good colour and in good numbers.

Possibly The Sickener, Russula emetica, at least a Russula. 

Shaggy Scalycap, Pholiota squarrosa. Colourful!

The Floury Brittlegill, Russula farinepes perhaps, but seems unlikely as relatively rare and on high pH soil. Possibly the Ochre Brittlegill, Russula ochraleuca, but farinepes has been found on this site in the past.

Deer Shield, Pluteus cervinus. The colour of this species is very variable, but seems recognizable with experience.

Buttercap, Rhodocollybia butyracea. 

Brown Rollrim, Paxillus involutus, the most likely candidate.

Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa, in a fairly typical view Blushed well on the underside.

Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare. No images. Several patches present

Stocking Webcap, Cortinarius torvus. One of the easier Cortinarius to be identified! Greyish brown cap with lighter radial fibres. Gills start off a little violet until they get covered with the rusty brown spores.  Stipe slightly violet above the whitish stocking 

Southborough Common

Not a huge amount to be seen, but they were tremendous numbers of sulphur tuft particularly.

Another wood-attacking species: This is the Common Rustgill, Gymnopilus penetrans, A Rustgill without scales on its cap. 

Also chewing away on wood is this Black Bulgar, Bulgaria inquinans. The Americans call these "black jelly drops". An unusual Ascomycete, not one of the Jelly-like Basidiomycetes I usually see. The rough brown outer surfaces of the cups clearly separate this species from those jellies, although these become blacker and smoother with age.

Also on Beech, a moribund standing trunk, is a collection of Ganoderma brackets.

Ever present is the Birch Polypore, Fomitopsis betulina.

and these are the Stump or Pear-shaped Puffballs, Apioperdon perlatum.

These are the most renowned wood-rotters, Honey Fungus, in this case the Ringless Honey Fungus, Armillaria ostoyae.

Common earthballs, Scleroderma citrinum

and a huge boss on the side of a tree trunk

Later in Dene Park

 

Parasol, Macrolepiota procera by a Beech 

The White-laced Toughshank, Megacollybia platyphylla again, nice to see it and with its distinctive appearance.

and this is probably the Yellowing Bonnet, Mycena epipterygia