Late October fungi

Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasiculare) common on rotting wood in local parks.
Cup fungi (Peziza) of some kind.
Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides) often found on fallen logs.
Chicken Run Funnel (Clitocybe phaeophthalma) has a distinctive smell of ammonia, common on the woodland floor.

Clouded funnel (Clitocybe nebularis) frequently occurs in rings and large groups hiding in Autumn leaf fall.
Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina), also shown in picture below. This one looks rather washed out. It is an infrequent find.
A Brain fungus probably (Exidia thuretiana) growing on a fallen beech.
Turkeytail (Trametes versicolour) is very attractive fungi with medicinal uses.
Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adjusta) looks similar but has a dark underside shown below.
Grey Knights (Tricholoma terreum) grow by Armstrong Bridge under conifer trees.
In Jesmond Cemetery, Golden Waxcap ( Hygrocybe chlorophana)
Snowy waxcap (Hygrocybe virginea) in Jesmond old cemetery. Waxcaps prefer grassland and often appear in cemeteries.
Oyster mushroom probably Peling Oysterling (Crepidotus mollis) growing on a decaying Grey Poplar tree.

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