One from my "early days" for ID help, please!

[solus]

As this was one of my earlier finds - before I knew about gills, smell etc. I don't hold out too much hope of getting an ID, but here goes:

Photographed around the 3rd week of September 2006 in the conifer forest below the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. This clump was growing near the edge of the path, where there was more light than right under the trees but it was still pretty dark and I had to use flash. It had been raining earlier in the day.
Looking at the broken caps, the gills would appear to be whitish/cream coloured and I think I can see a sort of thin pale "frill" around the cap edges of one or two of the clump.

My original (2006) thought was Collybia butyracea but I never really convinced myself of that. I have also wondered about Psathyrella and Hebeloma without even coming up with any possibilities worth considering. I have searched the Interweb, looked again and again at Jordan and Phillips (on line) and have given myself headaches and (to look at the time now) sleepless nights struggling with this!

I suspect I'm being stupid as usual and missing the obvious, but any suggestions gratefully received! (Yes, I know it's way past my bedtime!) Thanks in anticipation. Here they are, then:

[NickCantle]

That shiny, slightly depressed cap suggests Collybia to me too, though which species I have no clue I know it's not C. butyracea as it doesn't grow in collected clumps such as this.

[solus]

My trusty(?) copy of Jordan, referrring to "Collybia butyracea var. asema" describes it as "solitary or in small groups or tufted, on soil amongst needle litter in coniferous ... woods" - which is where I got my first tentative ID from.

(Ref. p. 151 in the 2004 paperback edition)

[KeenTeen17]

I have never seen a C. B var asema looking like this or in clumps and they are usually whiter with an orangey spot in the centre of the cap.

(but I maybe wrong because I have only ever seen them 3 times and they usually discolour white when they get waterlogged)

[arvensis]

I could've took one quick glance and would've said one of the Armillarias, but decided to have a longer look and another idea is Lyophyllum decastes.

Mark

[solus]

I can see what you mean Mark, but my references seem to suggest "open (deciduous/mixed) woodland" for that species whereas mine were alongside a path in the middle of a deep, dark conifer forest...

Next time I'll be in that area will be next June so not much chance of finding anything like them again then! (Although if it turns out as wet as last June was on Skye then who knows?!)