This fungus is very variable in shape, the white to greyish cap can be domed to flattish, or even funnel shaped and fruits from Summer to late Autumn.

This fungus favours south facing situations on chalk soils, usually with Birch but also with Beech.

Fruit body 3-8cms across ear shaped, outersuface tan-brown with minute greyish downy hairs, inner surface grey-brown. smooth or often wrinkled and ear-like. gelatinous when fresh , drying hard and horny. Spore . white basidia elongated cylindrical with 3 transverse septa.

This bracket fungus grows on trees and stumps of broadleaf trees, especially Beech and Birch and causes a white rot. The fungus can persist for years.

Hen of the Woods produces large compound clusters of fruitbodies in broadleaved woodland particularly on Oak but can also be found growing on Beech and Chestnut. Grown commercially in Japan where it is known as "Maitake".

Boletus satanas is found singly or in small numbers in deciduous woods especially with Oak and Beech, preferably on chalky soil. The suede like cap is large, occasionally sticky and pale cream to grey, sometimes with green tones. The pores are initially yellow  but quickly become a blood red colour. The fruitbodies can persist for a long time in dry conditions.

This fungus has an egg-shaped, grey to grey-brown cap with a red-brown centre. The cap surface is smooth and ridged  and the stem is silvery white and has a hollow centre. The cap gradually becomes inky-black and dissolves with age. Although edible, this fungus should never be eaten with alcohol of any form, even cosmetic preparations as the fungus reacts with alcohol even when it enters the bloodstream days after eating the mushroom. It can cause palpitations and sickness.

This is a variable blue-grey, mid-grey to even yellowish fungus, appearing in troops and rings, often in large numbers fairly late in the year.

A white to grey irregularly shaped cap often found fused with other caps at the foot of deciduous and coniferous trees.