The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

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Here's a few waxcaps from today. As usual, I'm open to having mistakes pointed out.

Scarlet hood
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Something yellow (no idea which species, nor do I expect an identification from an overhead picture)
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Crimson waxcap. these were very very common today.
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An orange one (possibly meadow waxcap, possibly not)
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Pink waxcap. This is the rare Hygrocybe calyptraeformis. Known to occur at a local nature reserve in my area, and I finally went and saw it for myself today.
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On this other hand, this fungus, not a waxcap, growing in coastal saltmarsh, has me absolutely baffled. I can't even get close to identifying it. Any of the experts have a clue?
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Fairly easy one here, its pretty much exactly what it looks like as long as you imagine being really small and walking around the gills, lost.
Sorry but I didn't take any more pics showing the top but I doubt that will be a problem.
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I have never seen anything like this its amazing to see whats out there. The very top image is really common we have them on all the local hills I walk on.
 
Sorry for the blurred last question . I found more today if any one fancied an I.d again sorry if the picture isn't any good its a new phone and to fandangled for my chimp like skills with technology. Also the thorns didn't help
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No pictures but when I was up in Scotland a couple of weeks ago I came across a fungi I'd not seen before, I meant to ask on here but I forgot at the time. When I went for my morning constitutional I dug a hole at the base of a Sitka spruce, about 6 inches below the surface I found a perfectly round orangey coloured mushroom about the size of a large marble, maybe 20mm across. It wasn't attached to anything that I could see and it was just the one on it's own. It was perfectly smooth with the texture of a peach and felt quite firm.

Any ideas?
 
I stumbled onto a bit of last season fungi identification in my local supermarket car park of all places. These were growing out of the bark mulch and there were quite a few clumps of them. The closest I can get to an ID is the Blueleg Brownie (Psilocybe cyanescens) in Collin's guide and there were a few blue stained areas.

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