These were mature oaks, 800m down the hill are young trees, still leaf litter no grass, but wax caps growing beneath them, no grass. I reckon they were likely there before the trees. I wonder how long the mycelium will stay strong even though conditions above change and filter down into the soil…

Thank-you!

There again maybe something else? Pink waxcap is rare here and grows on ‘closely cropped or mown grassland’ (according to First Nature), these were in old woodland, on a slope under oak, just leaf litter and twigs/fallen branches, no grass at all…

www.first-nature.com/fungi/porpol...

Thanks Bengi, never too late to learn!

Hairy Oysterling (?)
Resupinatus trichotis

Found another patch of these today, this time I knew to check for the hairs - they are present!

This little cap was only about 5mm across.

#fungifriends

Unlikely Arched Earthstar as no stalk