Fungus id help please

[Keith Talbot]

Can someone help with an id please,

Ive cant seem to find anything similar in my book and have looked through hundreds of pics in the Gallery and still cant see it

It was growing out of the ground and in a pine forest (quite dense and dark) there was also another about a meter away,it measured about 5-6cm high and the ' clump ' was about the same in width.



Thanks

[cybershot]

Compare with Dyer's Mazegill - Phaeolus schweinitzii in your refrences Keith, and see if it is possibly a contender when approaching full maturity/old age.

Changes - Wild About The World

David

[Keith Talbot]

Thanks David,

Ive just looked it up and it certainly sounds like it