Melanoleuca sp. and... er... something else for ID please

[solus]

Another nice day, another walk looking for fungi I then can't identify! This was yesterday (27th October) on May Hill, Gloucestershire (not far from the Forest of Dean) which is mostly open horse and rabbit-grazed grassland with some gorse and bracken and with a hill-top crown of pines. Other species found included Parasol Macrolepiota procera, False Chanterelle Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Dung Roundhead Stropharia semiglobata and Dusky Puffball Lycoperdon nigrescens.

I think this one (on its own) is a Melanoleuca? Yes? No?



This one was also all on its own, right next to a pile of pony poo so I can't be absolutely certain whether it was growing from the grass or the dung, but I think it was in the grass. It had a pleasant, non-mushroomy smell. I'm afraid I don't have much idea about this so any suggestions welcome!



Thanks for your time.

[NickCantle]

Hullo,

Your second is Lepista, probably L. nuda.

Nick

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by solus

I think this one (on its own) is a Melanoleuca? Yes? No?

This is Ampulloclitocybe clavipes.

Ken

[NickCantle]

Didn't see the third pic! DOH!

[solus]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Hullo,

Your second is Lepista, probably L. nuda.

Nick

Ta muchly! Lepista had been the species that looked closest but all the photos I could find, anywhere, showed it as distinctly lilac, so I didn't dare suggest it as a possibility. I suspect our rather odd weather over the last week has affected all sorts of fungi: hard overnight frosts Sat/Sun & Sun/Mon then very much milder with light rain Tuesday and mild and dry Wednesday.

[solus]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

This is Ampulloclitocybe clavipes.

Ken

Thanks Ken. To echo Nick - DOH! After spending much of the day looking at fungi fotos on t'interweb I'd addled my tiny brain so much I didn't even realise those gills were decurrent! Like my early school reports all say "Could do better!".