Fungii for identification please

[rawzone]

Can anybody help me with the id of the following fungii found in mainly birch and hawthorne woodland.


Many thanks
Richard






I am not sure which bolete the last pics are.

[NickCantle]

Hi Richard,

I'd say the first set are Paxillus involutus, but that's only because it's a recognisable species. If you're keen in getting the right ID for your specimens, you'll need to supply us with larger images because some of the defining macro characteristics aren't visible in small images like those.

Just a tip

Nick

[Chris Yeates]

following on from Nick's comments, the characters at the base of the stipe (stem) can be important - so slicing through the stem can lose a lot of useful information - check out John's useful hints at: Help us to help you identify fungi

PS - I know it's confusing at first (and frankly not helped by this being called a "Fungi Forum" rather than a "Fungus Forum") but 'fungi' is the plural so no need for the second 'i'

cheers

Chris

[rawzone]

Thanks for your responses will get better pics posted shortly.

Many thanks

Richard

[rawzone]

Larger pics of first batch sent yesterday (possibly Paxillus involutus)

Can anybody help me with the id of the following fungi found in mainly birch and hawthorne woodland.


Many thanks and for help so far
Richard

[NickCantle]

Hi Richard,

As mentioned before, I think you'd have better results enlarging your images somewhat. These are very small to my eyes, and I consider myself to have pretty good vision so I expect for some of our 'older' members, this could be tricky.

If the last two are the same specimen, they're Lactarius torminosus
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[rawzone]

Thanks for the help that makes things clearer.

I will try and upload larger pics in the future (file size is awkward so need to research)

Richard