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Iodine bolete - Hemileccinum impolitum
A mushroom that smells strongly of iodine


Wood mushroom - Agaricus silvicola
A member of the Agaricus genus found in woodland


Winter chanterelle - Craterellus tubaeformis
A moss-loving late-season mushroom that appears in number


Weeping widow - Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
A mushroom that "cries" black tears


Weeping bolete - Suillus granulatus
Named due to the milky substance leaking from its pores


Trooping funnel - Infundibulicybe geotropa
A very tall mushroom found in troops or rings


Stump puffball - Lycoperdon pyriforme
A puffball found on dead and decaying wood


Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus
A foul smelling and phallically shaped fungus


Sordid blewit - Lepista sordida
A small purple and aromatic mushroom


Shaggy inkcap - Coprinus comatus
A distinctive mushroom that disappears quickly


Scarlet waxcap - Hygocybe coccinea
An edible mushroom but rarity means collection is discouraged


Scaly wood mushroom - Agaricus langei
An edible mushroom that bruises red when damaged


Porcelain fungus - Mucidula mucida
A mushroom with an extremely slimy cap


Pestle puffball - Lycoperdon excipuliforme
One of the more unusually shaped puffballs


Pale oyster - Pleurotus pulmonarius
A summer fruiting oyster mushroom


Mousseron - Marasmius oreades
A meadow mushroom that prefers colder weather


Mosaic puffball - Lycoperdon utriforme
One of the larger British puffballs


Medusa mushroom - Agaricus bohusii
A distinctive and uncommon Agaricus genus member


Meadow puffball - Lycoperdon pratense
One of the grassland loving puffballs


Larch bolete - Suillus gravellei
A commonly found bolete that grows with larch


Horse mushroom - Agaricus arvensis
A large and common grassland mushroom


Honey fungus - Armillaria mellea
A parasitic mushrooms that is edible with caution


Herald of winter - Hygrophorus hypothejus
A mushroom appearing during the colder months


Grey spotted Amanita - Amanita excelsa var spissa
An edible mushroom but often confused with poisonous fungi
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