Help ID Please

[alan45]

Could someone please id those 3 fungi for me
top & bottom & side
as you see they are all growing on the same tree stump.
+ any advice on a good id book to purchase there is so many out there to pick from, I would be very grateful.
many thanks Alan.

[thebeard]

large ones are Armillaria mellea, the good old honey fungus!
the little ones on the top are Mycena but its hard to tell which
not sure on the clustered ones at the bottom

There are several worth buying, the ones i have which are best are Roger Phillips' mushrooms; and the new collins guide is reasonably good too. i think there are others worth getting, but i don't have them myself, such as The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe by Michael Jordan

[Brent Leeks]

Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus0

[flaxton]

The clump at the bottom are a new set of HF sprouting. The Mycena is almost certainly M inclinata.

Mal

[fairplay]

Not so sure about young HF, methinks SP = Stump Puffball, Lycoperdon pyriforme

Neil.

[alan45]

Thanks for the help folks its much appreciated.
i will check those books out also.
thanks Alan.

[fairplay]

Whoa ! Hang on, this is deadly serious stuff - both Mal and I are waiting to see who is right with the HF or SP suggestions

You can't go until you have been back to check out those... shhh...puffballs.

Neil.