Some Mushrooms That Need ID'ing

[_Matt_]

Okay i have various mushrooms here that need ID'ing. First is what i believe to be a Shaggy Ink Cap, and then a Shaggy Parasol (correct me if I'm wrong in all cases!). Growing in a ditch at the side of a path (through woodland). The Ink Cap was growing elsewhere.

[_Matt_]

Laccaria amethystina? Growing in great abundance under several oak trees. The webcam doesn't really show the colour very well, but it's a dark purply colour. There is also a pic of a smaller specimen there. The bigger one is larger than average (of what's there at the moment) and the smaller ones don't have wavy caps like that.

[_Matt_]

Some kind of milkcap? Growing under Oak.

[_Matt_]

A bolete i assume. Again growing under oak. Very well camouflaged! They kind of look like a dead leaf from above (which also describes its colour better).

[Geoff Dann]

A bolete i assume. Again growing under oak. Very well camouflaged!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyr...porphyrosporus

Porphyrellus porphyrosporus, commonly known as the dusky bolete, is a rare fungus belonging to the Boletaceae family. With its purple-brown cap and stem, Porphyrellus porphyrosporus is not easy to spot, despite its large size

I've only ever seen it once, and that was a couple of weeks ago. I walked straight past it. One of my foraging students spotted it.

And not easy to ID from that photo. Had I not found it recently then I would probably have had trouble working out what it was from that picture.

[_Matt_]

I have some more mushrooms that need ID'ing. In fact i will use this topic from now for all ID's as there will be more to come so it keeps things simple. I apologise in advance for the poor lighting in the pics.
First one is just to confirm that it is a Birch Bolete. Seen many of them before and eaten before (not this year) but you can't be too careful. It seems that the boletes are appearing now in fact (well a lot of other things too). Growing with birch.

[Geoff Dann]

I have some more mushrooms that need ID'ing. In fact i will use this topic from now for all ID's as there will be more to come so it keeps things simple. I apologise in advance for the poor lighting in the pics.
First one is just to confirm that it is a Birch Bolete. Seen many of them before and eaten before (not this year) but you can't be too careful. It seems that the boletes are appearing now in fact (well a lot of other things too). Growing with birch.

Yes, that one is easy.

[_Matt_]

Spore prints to follow (hopefully).

[AdrianRose]

First one is a Shaggy Ink cap, edible but caution as there are reports of some folk having an allergic reaction to it with associated stomach cramps and sickness.

Second is an Amethyst Deceiver. Edible and tasty. Have a look on my Youtube channel as I have just done a video of it.

Third does look like a member of the Lactarius family. Spore sprint info would confirm.

Fourth is a Boletus for sure. Can't see I too clearly as I'm having to use t'internet on my phone but does look a little like the Red Cracking Boletus.

All the best
Ade.

[_Matt_]

Good stuff regarding the youtube vid. It's convinient that you also happened to have done one on the yellow russula's as i recently saw them growing under pines (pretty much the only thing growing actually) and found out about them. They really do live up to their name as well, as all apart from about one of them that I've ever seen have been broken and many of them are just remnants on the floor. Also good to know the Amethyst Deceivers are edible as the floor is carpeted with them under a few oak trees. So many that it's impossible to not tread on them by mistake.