Cloudy but dry.
Whenever I see a Russula that has a cap with colours that are hard to describe I immediately think of the Charcoal Burner - Russula cyoxanthum (left). And on the right is the only specimen of Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius - that I found all day.
The Buttercap - Collybia butyracea.
I was given Entoloma serrulatum as a tentative id for this a couple of years ago. It keys out ok.
The gill edges are interesting. Salmon, anyone?
And the spores are a very interesting shape, too.
Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina was growing in a very dark part of the forest. I had prepared properly and took my tiny tripod so that I could get non-flash shots in places with almost no light.
This tiny (1cm. cap) Marasmius was growing on thin dead twigs everywhere.
I say "Maybe Marasmius ramealis" every year, so why stop now?
Again, a single Hedgehog. I suppose I was about 2 weeks early for my visit. I'll be back.
A fungus that most dedicated mycologists will never find in their life: Phellodon melaleucus. It smells strongly of fenugreek when dry. This verge has about 20m covered in this very rare fungus every year.
The first Waxcap for the year: It keys out closest to Hygrocybe persistens.
No flash used. Exposure is 1/2 second at f8. This is absolutely the darkest place in the forest, inside an old quarry in a north-facing slope under conifers.
A close relative of the Chanterelle, this is Cantharellus infundibuliformis.
Finally for today: Clavulina cinerea, which covers large areas of the verge at this point.