Rooting shank

Thanks Michel. Going with that.

Thanks for the suggestion MM. I have spotted several rooting shanks before and this one seemed quite different. The cap was very dry to touch, no sign of flattening out, the stipe was already much more robust than the rooting shanks I've seen and had fine hairs all over it rather than smooth scales. I'll hunt around a bit more... see if I can find another one as I'm going back there next week.

Thanks Stephen. It starts in more ways than one.. I thought this would be an easy one to ID but.... arrgh. :)

wonderful shots. Looks like a good start to the season

Thanks MacC, Antonio, Phillip. The fungi season is just starting here :-)

Amazing Spotting and wonderful Portrait Argy!

wow Argy,beautiful cache,lovely dark cup,perfect spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing

Nice one Argy