ID help #2: Hygrocybe, Lactarius & others

[Monkey Orchid]

A few more I would like ID confirmation/help with. Some I'm fairly sure of, others less so...

1. Lycoperdon perlatum. Photographed in mixed ancient woodland, west Berkshire.



2. Hygrocybe coccinea? Photographed in heathland/birch scrub, Greenham Common, west Berkshire, mid-Nov



3. Meripilus giganteus? On dead wood stump, ancient woodland, west Berkshire.



4. Lactarius fuliginosus? Found in beech woodland, Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, early Oct.



5. Lactarius spinosus? Found in birch woodland/mixed woodland on Crookham Common, west Berkshire, mid-Sept



6. Panaeolus subfirmis? Growing on horse dung, late Sept



Thanks to any and all who respond... And a Merry Christmas to everyone!

[mollisia]

Hello,

no. 1: yes.

no. 2: quite certainly not, but which Hygrocybe I can't say. Hygrocybe reidii would probalby be an idea.

no. 3: yes.

no. 4: no. Lactarius fuliginosus belongs to the Plinthogali, means that the milk turns slowly pinkish with the time. Your certainly has unchangable milk. It is one of the brown Lactarii, which are a problematic group. May be this is Lactarius subdulcis, but it looks a little bit dark. But I have no better idea.

no. 5: no. Lactarius spinosulus has distinct scales on the cap. This one also belongs to the brown Lactarii, despite of the quite rose coloured cap. It might well be Lactarius decipiens, but to say more, one should know whther the milk changes to creamish yellow or not.

I can't say anything to this one, as I have never heared the name of that species before. Pnaeolus is beyond doubt, and equally beyond doubt is, that I have never seen this fungus before.

best regards,
Andreas

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Monkey Orchid

6. Panaeolus subfirmis? Growing on horse dung, late Sept



Thanks to any and all who respond... And a Merry Christmas to everyone!

if it helps Panaeolus subfirmus is Orton's "Panaeolus speciosus" a taxon lacking facial cystidia (this separating it from P. antillarum)

Chris

[SheffieldLass]

#2 could be Hygrocybe mucronella, but those red ones are difficult without microscopy. It doesn't look like H coccinea to me, because they don't generally have the translucent appearance of the cap which this one has.

These were some which I thought were Panaeolus subfirmis. They don't look like yours though ....

Panaeolus subfirmus?

Melanie

[mollisia]

Hello,

thank you Chris.
For me Panaeolus antillarum was a synonym or very close species to Panaeolus semiovatus. So it should have a ring and a viscid cap, no?

best regards,
Andreas