Unidentified fungi in garden

[peterl64]

Recently a large fungus arrived on our lawn (West Sussex). Images below. I am no expert and can not resolve an identity through this or other web resources! The cap is approx 18cm in diameter, stem 3cm diam by 7cm tall. Damaged areas have discouloured to almost black. Gills are very dense.






A second specimen has also appreared at the base of our silver birch, this is only slightly smaller and a lighter brown. It is accompanied by a different species also pictured below.




Your expert assistance much appreciated to satisfy my curiosity!

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by peterl64

Recently a large fungus arrived on our lawn (West Sussex). Images below. I am no expert and can not resolve an identity through this or other web resources! The cap is approx 18cm in diameter, stem 3cm diam by 7cm tall. Damaged areas have discouloured to almost black. Gills are very dense.






A second specimen has also appreared at the base of our silver birch, this is only slightly smaller and a lighter brown. It is accompanied by a different species also pictured below.




Your expert assistance much appreciated to satisfy my curiosity!

hi

it's not easy as you don't show shots of the undersides and the fruitbodies are a bit past their sell-by date

although I don't do Russula species the top one does look very like Russula atropurpurea (others may supply a better suggestion)

the second one looks like a Boletus species - not really a lot here to take it further; the bottom one looks very like Paxillus involutus - a view of the underside would almost certainly clinch it . . . .

thanks for supplying some background info (and for a courteous request!)

cheers

Chris

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

although I don't do Russula species the top one does look very like Russula atropurpurea (others may supply a better suggestion)

Perhaps you should start looking at the occasional Russula, Chris, so you can remember how to distinguish them from boletes!

You must remember that the boletes have tubes underneath (the spongy bits) while Russulas have gills.

Ken

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

Perhaps you should start looking at the occasional Russula, Chris, so you can remember how to distinguish them from boletes!

You must remember that the boletes have tubes underneath (the spongy bits) while Russulas have gills.

Ken

Some of us didn't want to upset Chris

[rangeral]

top 1 is a boletus or leccinum of some type but hard to tell from the picture

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Some of us didn't want to upset Chris

Cor.. I would have done, oi mean loik, what an absolutely appalling, atrocious, diabolical, inexcusable, where was I ? It's good to know Chris isn't a machine after all.

Neil.

EDIT: I think Chris just got the pictures mixed up.

[solus]

Originally Posted by fairplay

EDIT: I think Chris just got the pictures mixed up.

That's crawling if ever I heard it!

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Ken Burgess

Perhaps you should start looking at the occasional Russula, Chris, so you can remember how to distinguish them from boletes!

You must remember that the boletes have tubes underneath (the spongy bits) while Russulas have gills.

Ken

my own fault - so sure was I that it was a hated R-word I didn't even bother looking at "the bigger picture" - must try harder

did I get the Paxillus right? (sodding big stuff . . . )