Another year, another go at identifying these fungi (previous year’s pics below, but NB, different part of field and the recent ones are smaller)
Location: S Wales coast. They were in a line (part of a ring?), in a cliff top grassy meadow. No trees but some gorse.
Smell: not TCP/phenolic. Maybe a bit aniseed but that might be my wishful thinking!
Either side of the tape measure are the ones that were in a line together (1.5m apart)
Location:
After 18hrs the (accidental, hence on the side, not the usual cap-downwards arrangement) spore print of the big one is like this:
And the stem and cut edge of two of the smaller ones look like this:
I had wondered if they were Agaricus urinascens but I’m worried they are yellow-Stainers (albeit they don’t readily stain yellow where bruised, nor smell of TCP).
Usually when I find similar fungi in this area they are slightly fatter-stemmed, the centre of the cap is more irregular/craggy and they are invariably riddled with grubs (whereas the above are maggot-free.)
Below are photos of fungi from a previous year, from the same field (
but a different part). Similar large mushrooms, which “we”(BCUK) couldn’t reliably ID:
Any help gratefully received!