yeah geo's good :) the field trip was freeeezing!! if it hadnt been for the yellow-horned poppy and sea rocket it would have been terrible!! i didnt have my camera though grrrrr
Hi KT, I just thought I'd give you a quick visitor message regarding you finding fungi. It seems that you need to find yourself some big, spacious Beech and Oak Woods. You'll be surprised at what you'll find in a decent habitat. From your images, I'd say you're looking in quite dark, close woodland- You'll find fungi in them obviously, as you have, but you'll find the species you're looking for (and the species that appear in the books) if you find yourself a good patch of old Woodland. Get an O/S Map and see if you can see any good patches- join local forums to ask for woodland locations, do anything you can to find that patch, and then once you have it, you can treat it as your own and monitor it over a period of months, years or even decades. If you record your findings, you could submit them somewhere and contribute to county records.
Just a thought, but as soon as you do that, you'll be finding the things you want to be finding.