First proper fungi hunt

[woodysworld]

Hello i am going out for my first serious fungi hunt in the morning the main point is to build up a nice portfolio of images so therefore it is a photography hunt, ive had a tip off from a chap at work who lives near me that a small patch of damp woodland 300yards from my home holds good amounts of fungi
as he sees these on his morning dog walk so any tips for my trip would be a great help, also what is a good starter book to understanding fungi i will update this thread after the hunt.

Thanks mick.

[cybershot]

Welcome to the fungi forum Mick;wishing you every success tomorrow and look forward to the subsequent update here later.

This link should give you some relevant information:

British Fungi | Wild About Britain

David

[woodysworld]

Just an update my dog walking freind was correct in his tip off i managed to image quite a few fungi today when i get my head around the image upload i will display some images my Gallery shows no images but i know ive uploaded 2 so am a bit baffled ive uploaded them to the unidentified section here is one that i did manage to find.

Unidentified fungi 1




Unidentified fungi 2



Unidentified fungi 3



Unidentified fungi 4



Hope ive done this correctly if not help.

just a quick note the 1st thumbnail in the thread is my pic but when i click it i get a bigger pic of a red and white spotty fungi
the red and white one is also mine but not sure why the thumbs are mixed up.

thanks Mick

[NickCantle]

Hi Mick,

Your first is the ever-popular Amanita muscaria - commonly known as the Fly Agaric.

Second is interesting!

Third is the same as the first

The last is Laccaria laccata.

For a higher chance of ID, it's a very good idea to photograph the gills and note and smells or other significant factors noticed.

Other that that, lovely photos and I hope you enjoyed your outing

[woodysworld]

Thanks Nick i think the first and third is where the thumbs got muddled ?

Mick.

[NickCantle]

Looks like it mate

Just looked in the archive and it's not a thumbnail problem. The same image has been uploaded twice so you might want to have another go at uploading the one that was replaced by the duplicate If you've got any trouble doing so, just shout, but you seem to have uploaded t'others just fine!

[woodysworld]

Ok image no 1 should look like this



Hope that works

[Stewy]

Trametes versicolor or commonly known as Turkeytail

[KeenTeen17]

the third one has got me confused. it looks like an amanita. but is reminding me of a pluteus for some reason

[NickCantle]

The third is exactly the same image as the first!!!