I decided to pay a much earlier visit than usual because of the good numbers of early fungi I'm seeing on the local patch. I'll go back in October.
Frequent heavy showers.
A new species for the site - Amanita vaginata. Supposed to be edible, but I won't be giving it a try.
The spores are spherical:
A very young Amanita phalloides - the Death Cap. Note the family resemblance to the young A. vaginata above.
I know this is on pine needles, but I think it's Russula maerei - the Beechwood Sickener. This part of the forest is mixed conifer/beech.
I found a large patch of Chanterelles - Cantharellus cibarius - only a couple of metres from the main pathway.
I'm pretty sure this is Cantharellus infundibuliformis in an early stage. I usually find them when the cap has 'flipped' into a funnel shape.
Hygrophorus, probably H. discoxanthus. Extremely viscid, with a continuous drip from the surface of the cap. Cap from 1cm. to 3cm. across. Spores with a tiny 'pimple' on the end.
A fine cluster of Mycenas on a dead conifer twig. Cap about 2 cm across. Purple when dried. Probably Mycena inclinata.
I was hoping to find this Entoloma serrulatum: I know the spores are an interesting shape.
