Mushroom update

I've been watching the mushrooms change colour and noticed that they had also been eaten.  Slugs and snails are the ones that come to mind first but also animals like squirrels mice and rats also eat them.and contribute to the ecosystem by helping to spread the spores via their faeces. 

Here's one having breakfast.

As my mobility is very restricted these days to just short local walks I noticed these ivy flowers and the berries getting ready as a winter food source for birds.

 

Mushrooms etc

 

Mushrooms appeared on the lawn !

Not sure what they were so after searching the Internet I still couldn't identify them so I contacted  this Wildfood website www.wildfooduk.com and they came up with Shaggy or Bearded Milkcaps.  They are edible, but I wont try them because,

 "If eaten without very careful preparation, Lactarius torminosus can cause very unpleasant stomach upsets. (Be warned: the Latin torminosus means 'cause of colic'.) Some authorities suggest that the Woolly Milkcap is edible after it has been salted and pickled, but many more assert that it should be treated as poisonous."                      

from Firstnature .com

Here's some more from my walk, the next four could be Terracotta Hedgehog or Common Hedgehog tooth, again edible.

 This one I couldn't identify.

Its good fun finding them but I'll stick to the shop bought ones!