I believe it is Russula Emetica or it's common name of 'The Sickener' gives you a rather strong clue about its edibility. Eating some of this will likely get you very well acquainted with the toilet bowl.
This whole family are also known as 'Brittle Gills' because of the fragile nature of their gills.The gills did indeed crumble away when touched so I now know this feature first hand, which should help me identify other russulas. There were plenty more of the Larch Boletes about too.
I also found these that I tentatively believe to be Parasols. The thing that's got me wavering is this the lack of groove on its ring on the stem.
They were also quite grey/brown but perhaps they were just older specimens. I think fresh ones should be more white. Or maybe they are a slightly different variety to the ones in my books. It's a tricky business getting these right but I feel I'm slowly getting an idea of some key differences between the various families.
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