UK Fungi

Clavulinopsis corniculata - Meadow Coral
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Spore print white. - Spores sub-globose, smooth, 4-6µm x 4-5µm
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Regards,
Mike.

I agree with Laccaria amethystina - Amethyst Deceiver.

The cap malformation looks like some sort of "Rosecomb" mutation.

Regards,
Mike.

Hygrocybe punicea - Crimson Waxcap.
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Spore print white. Spores ellipsoidal to cylindrical, smooth, 8-11µm x 4.5-5.5µm.
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Regards,
Mike

Geoglossum atropurpureum – Dark Purple Earthtongue
Found 1st November 2024 in nutrient poor regularly mown mossy grass. (Cricket outfield - Private Site).
Asco-spores cylindrical-slightly bent, hyaline, multi-septate, 19-35µm x 4-5.5µm
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Hi and welcome to the UK Fungi website.

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No.2 has the look of old and very dry Auricularia auricula judae - (Jelly Ear).

Regards,
Mike.

Hi,

I fully agree with Adam re. Rhodocollybia butyracea var asema .

The one in your final shot has the general looks of Conocybe - maybe somehting along the lines of C. rugosa . (Occasional but widespread within the UK).
Conocybe is a difficult genus though, and several species are impossible to ...

Hi Adam,

I did consider Melanoleuca species but discounted them as they have sinuate gill attachment, whereas (to my eye ) the gills here appear distinctly decurrent.

Regards,
Mike.

I did wonder, since you mentioned inkcaps nearby, whether it might be the stem of a Coprinus comatus (Lawyer's Wig) inkcap.
The rings of which often completely separate from the stem and fall towards the base.

Due to the size at which the photo appears on the forum, I can't really see any detail in ...

Hi,

There aren't any species I'm aware of with looks like that.

I'd suggest that the separate fragment seen at bottom of photo would have originally been a part of it.

My thoughts would be that it is the stem of some species which has had its cap removed.

There appears to be a ring at the base ...

Hi,

I’m not at all confident with this suggestion – Clitocybe nebularis – Clouded Funnel .

Some of the characteristics of what can be seen would seem to support that suggestion, but others do not.

C. nebularis cap colour can quite variable between shades of grey and light brown, so the colour ...

Hi, and welcome to the UK Fungi website.

Yes, with the "snakeskin" patterning on the stem, this is Macrolepiota procera - Parasol Mushroom.

Regards,
Mike.