Help needed to ID varies Fungi

[welsh.lensman]

Can anyone please help, I have no idea about Fungi but took a variety of images when last down the Wetlands.
No 1 No 2 No3 o 4 No 5 and 5A No6 No 7 No 8 No 9
Thank you in advance, much appreciated

[Chris Yeates]

hi Wayne

first I would recommend that you take a look at: Help us to help you identify fungi

given the quality of the images of other groups on your website, I think perhaps you need to take a bit more effort with fungi (that is meant to be helpful - not rude - honest); notes as to the habitat can be very important with fungi - just a bunch of single shots can make things difficult . . .

the numbering is also a wee bit confusing - 10 images numbered 1 to 9 in a strange way, but here goes:

let's pretend we haven't seen no. 2 shall we? - so much has been eaten it's tantamount to identifying a butterfly without wings - it's probably a Leccinum, but . . .

1, 8 and 9 are definitely Leccinum species, possibly all different - there are other WABbers who know more about these than I do - I suspect the one with the brown scales may well be do-able

3 is an Agaricus species, I think - a view of the underside might help, but it's not an easy genus and microscopy is often needed

6 looks like it could be Daedaleopsis confragosa - again a view of the underside would be more than useful - and if you'd said 'this was on a willow branch' it would also have made things a tad easier

7 is Paxillus involutus

8 (i.e. the next-to-last one) is almost certainly Tremella mesenterica - has the image been rotated 90 degrees CCW?

phew

cheers

Chris

[welsh.lensman]

Hi Chris, may I start off by thanking you on your brave attempt at IDing my fungi.
As I stated in the post "I know absolutely nothing about Fungi" and as you said it shows.
I went into it with my eyes closed, it was a quiet day for birds and as I walked around I came across different types of fungus and thought it would be interesting to find out what they were (little did I know).
I think I'm going to stick with the birds from now on, but if in the future I come across anything I find interesting I will heed your words and gather as much information as possible before again asking for your expert advice.
Many thanks again Chris for taking the time to answer.

Regards,

Wayne.

[fatsam]

Hi; the book I've been using for 25 years and more is Roger Phillips Mushrooms and Toadstools (and still don't know many!!). Here is the website link. Rogers Mushrooms | Mushroom Pictures & Mushroom Reference