September fungi - Slimy Waxcap

This waxcap (Hygrocybe irrigata) is indeed slimy but one of the most distinctive features for me are the hoops or bands on the stipe. Sometimes you need full sun to see them clearly but no other waxcap I have seen has the same feature.

September fungi - Glutinous Waxcap

This is a waxcap (Hygrocybe glutinipes)that I have been trying to get a good photo of that shows its gloop. I think I finally managed it. This was here at The Beeches.

September fungi - Spangle Waxcap

I have a little group of the Spangle Waxcap (Hygrocybe insipida) with its dark orange striae. This was one that puzzled me for a while but I am confident now of the ID. Part of the problem is that other people also get confused and post the wrong pictures on the internet and even in books!

September fungi - Lilac Pinkgill

Yesterday I found some classic looking Lilac Pinkgills (Entoloma porphyropheum) a.ll lilacy and pinkgilly. These were in The Hudnalls

September fungi - Pale Waxcap

I wasn't 100% sure about the ID of the Pale Waxcap that I find here every year but it has been confirmed. In fact it looked a bit different this year in terms of the cap shape but then the cap shape is always somewhat distorted. I follow Boertmann on nomenclature and he says this is a variety of Meadow Waxcap hence Hygrocybe pratensis var pallida. Others say that it is a separate species Hygrocybe berkeleyi and as a layman it certainly seems separate from the hundreds of Meadow Waxcaps I get here.

September fungi - Agaricus urinascens

This looked like a particularly fine Agaricus urinascens (used to be A. macrosporus) - I have only ever seen a half eaten one before. I found it on the other side of the Wye on the Hudnalls.

September fungi - Big Blue Pinkgill

This is a only Pinkgill (Entoloma sp) on the UK BAP (Biodiversity Action Plan) as far as I know. I hadn't found it before but it turned up as the only fungi fruiting at New Grove Meadows recently. It's a little slug eaten but still looks impressive.