I see a similarity to a stropharia stipe, definitely. It would be nice to know the spore colour, but no matter. There's always next time. :)
Sorry, I have to disagree; that is not a cystoderma. Having seen C. fallax and C. granulosum on more than one occasion, the cap is totally wrong...
I don't think so, Frog. It has several of the characters of an Armillaria sp. And you know how variable they can be. The annulus, the little...
#3 looks like an Otidea sp., maybe auricula or alutacea. Hard to tell.
I'm thinking Stropharia Rugoso-annulata, maybe? Purple cap, annulus, grayish gills, black spores...
It's not a fungus. It's a slime mould, likely Lycogala epidendrum, or Wolf's Milk Slime.
I think you might have Stemonitis splendens; the columella looks characteristic of that one. Slime moulds grow on all kinds of substrates,...
I am disinclined to believe that that's a slime mould. The fact that it's been around as long as it has is one reason. Something (lack of food,...
They don't usually last too long at the best of times. Frog is right, though. They are gorgeous organisms when they fruit.
We rather like lobster mushrooms, FD. Meh. To each his own; more for us! And I'm glad Frog and you beat me to the ID. I would have said the...
Yup, Frog's right. The genus coprinus has undergone a huge shuffle since the advent of DNA sequencing. So lots of things that were once coprinus...
It's a lepiota, but I can't say for sure which species of lepiota.
My immediate thought is Paxillus involutus, which grows with birch. A Paxillus, at least. Is it really firm and sturdy?
I'm pretty sure that your spore print will be chocolate brown, and that what you have is an agaricus, but which agaricus is the question. That...
It looks like they stained red when you cut them. Did they? And over how long a period of time?
