Help with ID

[woodlandwarrior]

Hi. Found this fungi last Sept in Alice Holt Forest nr Farnham. I'm just updating my records and believe it may be a Deadly Webcap. Any help on this? I do have several more images. Thanks

[ManwithNoname]

To help to narrow down the options you need information on what the fungus was growing on. Cortinarius species are ectomycorrhizal so the mushrooms grow from the soil but the mycelium from which they emerge is growing in a symbiotic relationship with the roots of nearby trees.

Your specimen could also be Gymnopilus junonius, but this would have been growing from a stump or from buried wood. This species would also have a ring on the stem, or the remains of a ring in older specimens.

I can't tell from the photo whether there has been a ring or not.

[NickCantle]

In cases like this, as many images as possible are a must really. There are no defining characteristics of any species show, and the gills are only a rough indication of the possible genuses. More images will improve your chances, but if this is Cortinarius, I'd say you're smack out of luck!

[woodlandwarrior]

Definately no ring and from what i can remember it was found fallen amongst leaf litter. Don't intend to put luck to the test then or now and after careful photographing was left well alone! Thanks for replies and here is another photo.