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Foray members: Matthew Hutchings, Micky Wise

Went out with my girlfriend for a couple of hours and found plenty of mushrooms.

Hygrophoropsis Aurantiaca - False Chanterelle
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 4cm Height: 6cm Terrain: Pinewoods Substrate: Soil Comments: These were everywhere, lining the path and hidden in the ferns.
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Kuehneromyces Mutabilis - Changing Pholiota
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 2-5cm Height: 3-5cm Terrain: Deciduous woods Substrate: Wood Comments: These were almost hidden but luckily I spotted them and got a fairly good picture.

Paxillus Involutus - Brown Roll-rim
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 6cm Height: 4cm Terrain: Mixed woodland Substrate: Soil Comments: This is a very dangerous species, I recently met someone in the forest who had collected these as a possible edible. After I explained about the toxicity of this species they dumped the lot.
Picture Type: From below
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 7cm Height: 5cm Terrain: Mixed woodland Substrate: Soil Comments:
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Russula Claroflava - Yellow Swamp Russula
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 4cm Height: 3cm Terrain: Birchwoods Substrate: Damp soil Comments: Always a delight to find this brightly coloured species. It looks growing in mossy, marshy woodland.

Lacrymaria Velutina - Weeping Widow
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 4-6cm Height: 5-6cm Terrain: Edge of path in pinewoods Substrate: Soil Comments:
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Picture Type: Gills

Leccinum Scabrum - Brown Birch Bolete
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 4cm Height: 7cm Terrain: Mixed woodland Substrate: Soil Comments: Haven't tried eating these yet, its very difficult to find one that isn't maggot ridden. They're not meant to be great anyway.
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Xerocomus Badius - Bay Bolete
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 3cm Height: 5cm Terrain: Mixed woodland Substrate: Soil Comments:
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Boletus Edulis - Penny Bun, Cep, Porcini, King Bolete
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 2cm Height: 3cm Terrain: Deciduous woods Substrate: Soil Comments: Early cep, couldn’t find any others though.

Amanita Vaginata - Grisette
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: August Time: Late afternoon Diameter: 6cm Height: 8cm Terrain: Deciduous woods Substrate: Soil Comments: First find of this species.
Picture Type: Cap close-up
Picture Type: Stem
Picture Type: Gills

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