Need ID Help With These Five Please.

[Lancashire Lad]

All found today in mixed woodland.

No.1
Growing in soil (but immediately adjacent to a tree root - might have some bearing on ID ).
Cap about 15mm diameter. Stipe about 20mm tall.


No.2
Growing in moss covered soil.
Cap about 25mm diameter. Stipe about 25mm tall.


No.3
Growing in soil.
Cap about 60mm diameter. Stipe about 70mm tall.


No.4
Growing in soil under a fallen log. (Fruitbodies moved to allow photos 2 & 3).
Largest cap about 25mm diameter, slightly umbilicate. Stipe height about 30mm.


No.5
Growing in moss covered soil. (A type of Russula but no ideas which).
Cap diameter about 100mm, stipe height about 50mm.


Any help towards ID's would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Mike.

[Beamish]

Hi again, Mike

No. 1: Wow! this reminds me to Lactarius volemus, which I didn`t find since my childhood (but I loved it to fry them , gills up, simply on the hotplate with some salt). But I am really not sure they are since the habitus is not typical. They should be more sturdy.

The others are 90% russulae and hence I shut my mouth (no. 4 is not, but even more fishy for me...)


Regards,

Martin

[NickCantle]

Just a pointer on Lactarius Mike; If you're sure it's a Lactarius and exudes latex from the gills, then it's completely safe to place a small amount of 'milk' on your tongue to taste for acridity, mildness or other odd flavours. It's a key factor in Lactarius ID. Also worth putting a small amount of the latex on a handkerchief to note colour changes after a small amount of time.

I do understand why some are a little hesitant to try the latex, but once you get your taste honed in, it helps!

...just watch out for L. turpis though

Nick

PS- Are you at Clumber this year Mike?