Gilled Mushrooms with Rust-Brown or Rust Spores

Although most fungi are harmless, a small number are extremely toxic, and should be handled with caution. Never eat a fungus unless you are completely certain of its identity, and the species is known to be edible. If in doubt, discard it.

Cortinarius (subgenus Phlegmacium) collocandoides

27 September 2025 Spearywell Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cortinarius (subgenus Telamonia) anomalus

1 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cortinarius (subgenus Telamonia) flexipes

1 November 2021 Minley Wood, North Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cortinarius (subgenus Telamonia) hemitrichus

14 October 2007 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Galerina marginata

15 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Galerina vittiformis

23 November 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Gymnopilus junonius

13 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

14 September 2008 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Paxillus involutus

21 October 2008 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.