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AGARIC G-I -  Produce spores on the underside of their caps from gills, whereas Boletes, that can be similar in look, produce spores from sponge-like tubes

EXPLANATION FOR COMMON TOADSTOOL AND FUNGI NAME

Hydnum repandum [Hedgehog Fungus]: Easily identified due to its spiny pore structure : hence 'hedgehog'

Hygrophorus hypothejus [Herald of Winter] : Can appear after the first frosts

galerina mutabilis
galerina mutabilis
hygrocybe citrina

GALERINA MUTABILIS [Sheathed Woodtuft]

gymnopilus penetrans
hygrocybe citrina

GYMNOPILUS HYBRIDUS

tayside toadstools and fungi

GYMNOPILUS PENETRANS

[Scaly Rustgill]

GYMNOPUS ANDROSACEUS

[Horsehair Parachute]

hygrocybe citrina
hydnum br19.JPG

HYDNUM REPANDUM [Hedgehog Fungus]

Left at Templeton Wood; right at Pitkennedy Wood 2019 is much darker in colour

hygrocybe citrina

HYGROCYBE CITRINA

hygrocybe nivea

HYGROCYBE NIVEA

[Snowy Wax Cap]

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hygrocybe strangulata
hygrocybe pratensis
hygrocybe conica

HYGROCYBE PRATENSIS

[Meadow Wax Cap]

HYGROCYBE CONICA

[Witch's Hat]

h aurantiaca 2018.JPG
hypholoma fasciculare

HYGROCYBE STRANGULATA

[Vermilion Waxcap]

HYGROPHOROPSIS AURANTIACA

[False Chanterelle]

HYPHOLOMA FASCICULARE

[Sulphur Tuft]

hygrophorus hypothejus

HYGROPHORUS HYPOTHEJUS

[Herald of Winter]

HYPHOLOMA SUBLATERITIUM

[Brick Caps]

hypholoma sublateritium
maybe an inocybe
maybe an inocybe

INOCYBE ........ ?

Central umbo [bump] so above 2 may be Inocybe

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