Two to ID

[walwyn]

These were found in Ryton Woods Warwickshire yesterday (and the first picstaken with new digital camera).

The first was growing on dead Birch. The second in amongst leaf litter.

[steve_nova]

Well now, the first one looks like Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak) according to my The Illustrated Book of Flowerless Plants.

There is another species that is Birch dependent, Piptoporus betulinus but unfortunately the colour is wrong though the shape is similar.

[steve_nova]

The second is harder, mixed woodland as I can see Hazel, Oak, Birch and Hawthorn leaves. Any Beech trees? If there is one nearby, then according to this book, Lactarius pallidus looks rather like it?

[Leif]

These were found in Ryton Woods Warwickshire yesterday (and the first picstaken with new digital camera).

The first was growing on dead Birch. The second in amongst leaf litter.

The first one is Piptoporus betulinus, a common parasite of Birch, and one which causes serious economic damage. You see this one all year round.

The second is Collybia butyracea. Note the greasy cap surface, the rubbery texture, the pale gills, and the smooth, tapered ring-less stem. This one is an Autumn and Winter fungus.

BTW I suspect you could get away with greater JPEG compression of your images to allow people like me on slow modems to download them more quickly.

[walwyn]

Not too much Beech at least I don't recall any in the area. There is a lot of coppiced Lime, Ryton is ancient woodland with evidence of coppicing of over 700 years. I was thinking along the lines of clitocybe brumalis Winter Funnel Cap.

[walwyn]

Thanks Lief, and I'll see what I can do about the compression.