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Foray members: Matthew Hutchings

A short hours walk around the bottom of denne hill near the railway bridge. The warm wet weather at the moment is bringing out an abundance of all types of fungi

Agaricus Arvensis - Horse Mushroom
Picture Type: Cap close-up		Notes Month: October Time: Mid afternoon Diameter: 7 - 15cm Height: 8 - 10cm Terrain: Pasture Substrate: Grass Comments:
Picture Type: From below
Picture Type: Gills

Hygrocybe Nivea - Snowy Wax Cap, ivory wax cap
Picture Type: From below		Notes Month: October Time: Mid afternoon Diameter: 1 - 3cm Height: 4 - 5cm Terrain: Pasture Substrate: Grass Comments:
Picture Type: Side view
Picture Type: Side view

Cortinarius Purpurascens
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: October Time: Midday Diameter: 5 - 10cm Height: 4 - 1cm Terrain: Mixed woodland Substrate: Soil Comments:
Picture Type: Side view
Picture Type: Side view
Picture Type: Gills
Picture Type: Section
Picture Type: Side view
Picture Type: Side view
Picture Type: Section & Gills

Leucoagaricus Leucothites
Picture Type: Base of stipe		Notes Month: October Time: Midday Diameter: 8cm Height: 10cm Terrain: Pasture Substrate: Grass Comments:
Picture Type: Gills
Picture Type: Cap close-up
Picture Type: Side view

Unidentified Specimens
Picture Type: Side view		Notes Month: October Time: Midday Diameter: 4cm Height: 3cm Terrain: Edge of path Substrate: Soil Comments: I found this solitary specimen growing at the edge of a path on the edge of a cricket ground. I first thought I was Cortinarius Violaceus but now suggestions have come in that it is a wood blewitt.
Picture Type: Gills

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