The three photos below show a fungus that best fits the descriptions in my books of Bay Polypore Polyporus durus. It a very tough, leathery fungus that was hard to cut and there was little flesh between the cap and pores, perhaps the one I collected is an old sample. What taste it has is slightly bitter.
This is one of the Clavulina species, best fits C. coraloides White Coral Fungus . It was not attached to tree roots, the mycelia are spreading throughout the leaf mold in deep shadow under a dense tree canopy.
I failed to ID this lilac-coloured fungus growing amongst Polytrichum moss on a well-lit sandy edge of a tree-lined woodland path.
This is a Brittlecap or Russula species of fungi, perhaps Ochre brittlecap, growing under Beech trees.
I am sure of my ID here as this one perfectly fits the description of Suede Bolete Boletus subtomentosus in Roger Phillips "Mushrooms" (published 2006). The photos below shows the irregular network of dark-brick-coloured veins, suede cap and yellow pores. And below that photo is the cut surface of the pores bluing on exposure to air. found growing on a near-vertical bank below woodland.
Failed to make any headway with IDing this orangy species. the samle in my hand is a few of the the twenty or so growing in leaf litter under a tree.
This (below) is one of the several white "resupinate" fungi growing on a dead branch. I suspect many of these get overlooked by people out looking for fungi and they don't look anything like toadstools.
