An amateur needs your help

[ohgreatstew]

Hi everyone I am new to this, got hooked since reading RCH No1. Mushrooms by John Wright, great read, I live near the South Downs Way, lots of mixed woodland and open untreated feilds all around me, I walk my dog daily and have often looked on in facination at many different types of Fungus over the years So thought it was about time I looked into it, ok so here are my questions I have a few ID's I need help with here they are.....


I took this today, 16th Nov 09, I think this is a Death Cap, quite small still so not 100%, but it has all the hall marks, although not in a broad leaf wood, in fact below a whole bunch of hazel and hawthorn, there are 3 of them all within about a foot of each other, I was really quite excited to see them, I would be interested to know if I am right and what might be eating them, it doesn't look like a slug, and why isn't whatever it is dead???

Bit scared to touch it so havn't done a spore print....

OK Next one I found on a dead tree covered in moss, seen Nov 12th 2009, spore print is white, cap is from 4-5mm on small and 20mm on larger ones, the rest you can see from the pictures....


I see these scattered all around the woods I walk from Sept time right through until the first frost, they seem to have all the hall marks of a Deceiver except rather than being tawny they are more pinkish, they look waxy, very common, spore print white, any ideas please.....


Here are a few I think I know....
Sulphur-Knight-Tricholoma-sulphureum
Found in Oak woodland, an interesting find as when I first saw this I had no idea what it was, I picked one and smelt it, I muttered to myself 'wow that smells like a road works', when I got back home and consulted Roger P's great book I found it... White spore print, amazing sulphur yellow colour, cap about 30-40mm, stem about 30mm, stinks of tar!


Brick-Tuft-(Hypholoma-Lateritium)
Found growing on a rotting tree, not sure of the type, I think Oak, spore rpint rust brown, cap raging from 10mm to 100mm, stem up to 70mm long and around 5-10mm, mixed woodland, Nov 2009
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Bay-Bolete-(Boletus-badius)
Found a whole bunch of these in mixed broadleaf woodland, really pleased with myself, also found a whole bunch of lovely wood blewits, delicious, have dried the Bolete's would appreciate any cooking suggestions.


OK, That's it, would appreciate any comments, help, corrections etc...

Stew