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Thank you, I did not reaise I would start a debate 
As always I can count on you thank you
Gosh what a lot of information – getting me a bit confused here – are you saying it is Lactarius spinosulus? You asked if they were near Birch or Alder. The Beech which they are under runs along the top what I call a ravine (where once there must have been a river, formed presumably in ice age. on the other side it is virtually all Birch right down to where the river bed would once have been which is virtually bog land. On the side with the Beech and fungi as you progress along to where it slopes down to the flat land (delta) there are Larch, Fir,Tea-Leafed Willows. Prior to the fungi in photo the this area around the Beech always had Cracked Boletus, which usually spread out across the lawn and around the sheds. This year there are very few of them.
When I took first photos, it had been raining heavily then very bright sunlight and the fungi were this colour, I did check one against my screen, so now I am really puzzled as going out today they are more brownish but vary in colour depending how close they are to the base of the tree, looking downslope a bit they take on a slightly brow to pinkish colour, those that are the smaller ones that is. (this is where I think I am going mad – did they all change colour over the last few days). Here is a photo of the cap showing that they still vary in colour tone – hope close enough photo, and a better photo of the underside. When you brush the gills they are very flexible and as you do so they release more droplets of milk, which is slightly sticky. Laid on a tissue the milk goes very (just a tinge) of pale orange.
As a bye the bye – the slugs and the squirrels don’t like them. They are the only fungi round here (and there are lots at the moment) that show no trace of slug holes or have been eaten down to the stem -(wrong word:)
Under Beech trees in the moss around the trees and down the sloping bank on which the trees perch. This is the best I can do of what looks like milk on the gills. My camera does on like close ups of pale objects. Could it be that as it has been constantly raining over the last few days, that moisture running down the gills is picking up the spores into droplets? OK Thanks, thought that maybe the case. Impossible for me to get down the side of the burn or even get near it, posted just in case you may have seen something like it before. Thanks guys, but could you answer my question on last photo re polypore. I cannot get near them, either to get better photos or to get sample. but it would be interesting to know if you do think they are polypore. OK I know photo of mass of fungi on fallen trees is Armillaria as it was identified when it first started appearing here ages ago. But I am still puzzled by this fungi which was growing on the ‘mossy’ lawn along with the Armillaria. Are you saying that this too is an Armillaria? It looks so different? Sorry guys you have got me confused here. Are you saying that it is not Cortinarius trivialis which I posted and that it is Armillaria gallica? I posted close up and underside for you to see. I did wonder if all the fungi shown were all the same so went out and had a look there are in fact very few of what I thought was Cortinarius trivialis on one side of the lawn, the majority are Armillaria (blast!) which I thought mainly appeared on the lower ground and have in the past worried about my woodland trees and asked advice. Here is close up of the Armillaria, spores yellowish brown.
As it was not raining too hard I looked down onto the lower ground, which has been flooded for most of the year, and yes there is barely a fallen tree that is not covered by them – Fungi in the Landscape for you!
