New Species - Entoloma hebes - Pimple Pinkgill

I was not able to id this at first but with help I have decided it is the Pimple Pinkgill. I found this in some rough grass just outside the West Field but I have also found it in the West Field.

New species - Papillate Pinkgill

There has been a whole lot of Entolomas this year and I am not very good at ID. With help from Elsa I can add Entoloma papillatum to The Beeches fungi list.

Waxcap #12 - Honey Waxcap

One of the easiest to identify because of the smell of honey (plus the deep oranginess and usual narrow yellow margin to the cap), Hygrocybe reidii beocmes #12 for this year fruiting high up in the West Field.

Waxcap #11 - Meadow Waxcap

Moving along nicely now - #11 for the year is the ubiquitous Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

New Species - Brown Birch Bolete

Found this single very attarctive Bolete near the small Birch trees springing up near where the mature Birch tree used to be. It fits the id of the Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum) down to the reddening of the flesh.

Waxcap #10 - Pale Waxcap

Found at the same time as #9 and about 50cm away! The Pale Waxcap is I am sure a separate species rather than a variety of the Meadow Waxcap. I am a lumper but this fruits earlier, does not look like the Meadow Waxcap in most ways and there are not intermeidates that I have seen.

Waxcap #9 - Blackening Waxcap

On the grass below the South Field I found a few Blackening Waxcaps. These are the first to colonise grassland and will appear on lawns as well as unimproved meadows and pastures.

Waxcap #8 - Goblet Waxcap

A bit past it but identifiable nontheless - the Goblet Waxcap (Hygrocybe cantharellus) in thh West Field makes it 8 for the season so far.

New Species - Lepiota ignivolvata

I failed to ID this fungus last year but it appeared in the same spot in leaf litter at the West Field margin close to a large old Beech tree. I am confident it is Lepiota ignivolvata - the final giveaway was the orange edge to the ring. It is noted as 'seldom recorded' in Collins.

Waxcap #7

The Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe chlorophana) is now fruiting in East, South and West fields. That is the first waxcap for the South Field this year.