Assistance with garden fungi please

[watsthat]

I don`t usually sweat about unidentified fungi but when its in my own garden I like to know. These were in a group in a newly planted area that had been well prepared with compost and soil conditioner. They were about 100 to 125 mm dia. I started a short list but it got longer and longer; i.e. Clitocybe, Tricholoma, Armillaria, Lepista, Melanoleuca... I hope its not Honey Fungus! but surely the gills would be darker at this stage. I have removed a lot of old stumps from the area. Anyone got any ideas or opinions?

Many Thanks

Pete

[Cotham Marble]

Originally Posted by watsthat

I don`t usually sweat about unidentified fungi but when its in my own garden I like to know. These were in a group in a newly planted area that had been well prepared with compost and soil conditioner. They were about 100 to 125 mm dia. I started a short list but it got longer and longer; i.e. Clitocybe, Tricholoma, Armillaria, Lepista, Melanoleuca... I hope its not Honey Fungus! but surely the gills would be darker at this stage. I have removed a lot of old stumps from the area. Anyone got any ideas or opinions?

I think you can relax, the paleness of the flesh and the lack of a ring on the stalk suggests that is not honey fungus. This picture in the WAB Gallery shows the stalk ring rather well: Honey Fungus - Armillaria mellea - Wildlife Photography

Someone will be along to give you a positive ID I'm sure. I'd guess at maybe a wax cap but I'm hopeless at working from photos even with fungi I'm familiar with.

CM

[NickCantle]

Melanoleuca for me.

[watsthat]

Thanks very much. I know smell is very subjective but we had almost convinced ourselves it was soapy Tricholoma saponaceum. However I cannot (hand on heart), say that we were not influenced by our research.

Pete