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All your photos show what are commonly known as "Coral" fungi.

Your first photo appears to be an old and possibly parasitised fruitbody of what might be one of the Clavulina or Ramaria species.
(I have seen parasitised Clavulina cinerea (Grey Coral) looking ...

Yes, - should be interesting!

Worth noting for those who can't catch the livestream, that all of the BMS video talks are subsequently made available for anyone to view via their YouTube channel: -
https://www.youtube.com/@BritmycolsocOrgUk/videos

The channel currently contains a wide variety ...

Hi,

Unfortunately, Pholiota squarrosoides isn't (yet?) recorded in the UK, so in all probability, not one that would be familiar to anyone but professional mycologists here.

From the "pale cap" appearance in your photos, along with information available in books and online, P. squarrosoides does ...

Just a heads up for those who may not yet be aware: -

British Mycological Society's Field Mycology Journal (published four times a year), is a very useful resource, containing in-depth articles on individual species, mycology book reviews, and much more.

All issues of the journal, from Volume 1 ...

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From the photos and your description of what happens when you touch the “threads”, this doesn’t appear to be one of the typical lawn grass fungus pests seen in the UK.
(For example, Red Thread, Snow Mould, Powdery Mildew, Rust Fungus, Fairy Rings).

More ...

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Realistically, it will be impossible to make any confident suggestions as to the cause of your hawthorn problem without good well focussed close-up photos of several individual leaves, in order that detail of the actual symptoms may be better seen.

It would ...

Hygrocybe coccinea - Scarlet Waxcap.
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Spore print white. Spores ellipsoidal to slightly ovoid, smooth, 9-11µm x 5.5-7µm.
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Regards,
Mike.

Hi,

No, those will most likely be a Tarzetta species (i.e. Tarzetta cupularis or Tarzetta catinus ) - Almost impossible to confidently ID to species level from photos alone.

Tarzetta cupularis - Toothed Cup (Macroscopically, T. catinus looks pretty much identical).
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Toothed Cup - Tarzetta ...

More details would be helpful.
See: - FAQ- HELP US TO HELP YOU TO IDENTIFY YOUR FINDS: - https://www.fungi.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=49

When was it found? - (November seems late for a bolete in UK)
Where was it found?
Accurately assessing physical size is often very difficult from photos alone. - Cap ...

Porpolomopsis calyptriformis - Pink Waxcap / Ballerina Waxcap.
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Spore print white. - Spores broadly ellipsoidal to ellipsoid-oblong, smooth, 6-9μm x 4-7μm
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Porpolomopsis calyptriformis ...

adampembs wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:19 amAmazing colour contrast!

Cheers Adam,
The diversity of species at the particular site is amazing, and includes several UK rarities. - C. zollingeri is definitely one that I'm always pleased to find.

Regards,
Mike.

Clavaria zollingeri - Violet Coral
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Spore print white. - Spores ellipsoid (with apiculus), smooth, 4-7µm x 3-5.5µm
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Regards,
Mike.