Please help identify mushrooms?

[JSH1976]

Hi all,

Please help me identify the following fungi that have appeared in my garden. I am totally new to foraging for fungi, but hopefully this will be a good start?

Many Thanks

[Chris Yeates]

2 & 3 prob honey fungus?

[Stewy]

Is Honey Fungus overtaking Britain?

[sarah64]

Originally Posted by Stewy

Is Honey Fungus overtaking Britain?

Seems like it Stewy. My neighbours have got Honey Fungus in their garden. Told him last year its Honey Fungus cos he asked and told him it kills trees but he's cut all his trees down so don't suppose it matters. It would be funny if it came through his shed floor though (she thinks mischievously).

[Stewy]

I take it you don't like him much then??

It really is everywhere this year, whilst on a short drive on Sunday I must of spotted at least 8 different clumps while looking out the window.

[sarah64]

Originally Posted by Stewy

I take it you don't like him much then??

It really is everywhere this year, whilst on a short drive on Sunday I must of spotted at least 8 different clumps while looking out the window.

Funny, I haven't seen any this year I don't think. Someone in another thread though said there was loads in Italy too.

Doh that sounds daft saying I haven't seen any when there's some in my neighbour's garden but I haven't actually seen it, my daughter told me it was there.

[funkyfungus]

The first one looks like Clitocybe Nebularis (Clouded Agaric) to me.

[fairplay]

In case someone gets misled by this thread, cutting your trees down does not prevent Honey Fungus entering your garden neither does it cure the problem if your trees are infected.

If the latter, all the stumps must be dug up (so that rules out stump grinding) and every trace of the roots removed down to 1 cm in diameter.

Despite getting in a JCB to dig up an infected stump 2 years ago (After I felled the tree) and digging out all the roots I could find by hand, Honey Fungus showed again this year 5 metres from where the stump was.

This time I carefully dug down with a trowel to find the site of attachment - it turned out to be a piece of root I missed 35 cm long, 1.5 cm thick slowly tapering to 0.5 cm.

A clump of 7 fruiting bodies were attached to the thinnest end and would have put out rhizomes to infect more trees and shrubs.
So far the garden I look after has lost 5 trees and 6-7 shrubs since the original tree was infected 5 years ago.

Neil.

Edit. The first photo looks like a Melanoleuca sp. to me.

[JSH1976]

To all who have replied, I thank you greatfully for the advice.