Flowering plants and lichens from Ards tomorrow.
Showers for much of the day.
This is certainly a Hydnellum, maybe H. spongiosipes. These are all rare.
Another rarity - Phellodon melaleucus. It has a fascinating smell of Fenugreek. European red list C. Great colour.
I can make no sense of this one at all. Growing on cut wood - Birch I think. 2 cm. cap, tiny white spiny globose spores. Maybe the letters omph are in the name somewhere. Although I suppose it might have been growing on the moss on the wood...
An absolutely beautiful tiny fungus about 8 mm. across, with a pink cap and a brown stipe. Marasmius? Mycena?
Another one for id..1 cm. cap.