A few for ID please

[Mark3]

I dont know much about fungi but have taken a recent interest in them, would someone be able to ID these for me please?

This one was growing on the trunk of a Birch tree


This one was in a Beech woodland


This one was growing near a Sycamore


This one was also in a Beech woodland


Cheers, Mark

[flaxton]

Mark
I can manage three.
1 Piptoporus betulinus the Birch Polypore/Razorstrop Fungus
3 Leotia lubrica Jelly Babies
4 Laccaria amathystea the Amathyst deceiver

Mal

[Mark3]

Thanks for the help Mal

[ManwithNoname]

Number 2 is almost certainly Laccaria.

[Lancashire Lad]

Don't all shout me down at once.

But to me, at that size, (compared with the adjacent mosses), No.2 looks suspiciously like Orange Moss Cap - Rickenella fibula.

Was No.1 in the area adjacent to the Hollinshead ruins? - I 've got a photo which looks exactly the same.

Regards,
Mike.

[fairplay]

You're in good company Mike because I was going to say that as well, I just hope it's as small as I think it is.

Neil.

[Mark3]

Thanks guys Not to sure on the size of the fungi in the 2nd photo, stood at 1-2cm tall (possibly)

Mike - Your right, it was in the area adjacent to the ruins It was on the path which you come to if you hop over the wall on Tockholes road where the sign post is for Hollinshead, it was on my right as i was on my way to the ruins.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Mark3

....Not to sure on the size of the fungi in the 2nd photo, stood at 1-2cm tall (possibly)....

In that case I'm still sticking with Rickenella fibula.

Originally Posted by Mark3

....Mike - Your right, it was in the area adjacent to the ruins It was on the path which you come to if you hop over the wall on Tockholes road where the sign post is for Hollinshead, it was on my right as i was on my way to the ruins.

Yep, it's the same one I photographed a few weeks back. I thought I recognised the shape.

Regards,
Mike.

[ManwithNoname]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

But to me, at that size, (compared with the adjacent mosses), No.2 looks suspiciously like Orange Moss Cap - Rickenella fibula.

Interestingly, it was the size of the moss that made me think it wasn't Rickenella fibula. I assumed the moss was Polytrichum commune and that a typical leaf length would be 6-8 mm. The cap looks broader than the moss, which could make it upwards of 1.5 cm in diameter, which would be on the large size for Rickenella fibula, to say the least.

But estimating size in this way is fraught with problems, so you could well be right with your suggestion.

[ManwithNoname]

Originally Posted by Mark3

Thanks guys Not to sure on the size of the fungi in the 2nd photo, stood at 1-2cm tall (possibly)

It's not so much the height that's the issue, as the width of the cap. Height can depend to a certain extent on the substrate and what's round about. If the cap is only about 1 cm or so in diameter, then it could well be Rickenella fibula. At 2 cm it would be outside the likely range for this species.