Orange fungi for ID please.

[timhale197200]

Found in leaf litter with broadleaf trees. Smell faintly mushroomy. Cap approx 6cm for the largest one and approx 5cm tall. Gills pale at first, turning darker with age.
Any help and pointers greatly recieved. Thanks.

[Chris Yeates]

hi

this looks very like the fungus long known in this country as Stropharia aurantiaca (mistakenly, it turned out); the correct name is Leratiomyces ceres

it's a frequent coloniser of woodchips - see the woodchip thread:

Woodchip watch


cheers

Chris

[timhale197200]

Thanks for the pointer, Chris. Will have a read on the woodchips file. There is always so much to learn!!