I asked 
The first half an hour or so of our walking and climbing through the hilly forest, we hardly noticed any fungi but - as tends to be the case - once we reached a certain point ( of focus ), more and more of them started 'popping up' in our vicinity, starting with these interesting, turtle shell looking ones, at the edge of a field:
Now I'm not an expert at all, I probably knew more about mushrooms as a little kid ( under the age of 10 ) but Clare has quite a bit of knowledge in this area ( and a handful of mushroom guide books ) and thought they might be (some kind of ) boletus edilis.
Here's a bunch of pictures of mushrooms that we stumbled upon...
and some yellow looking juicy ones on a stick...
The panoramic mountain view that we got from the field where we saw our first mushrooms of the day also wasn't too shabby, to say the least...
Clare looking up at some towering trees...
These 'shrooms were particularly beautiful...
And this one looked similar to the edible parasol mushroom ( one of the few that I can identify and have foraged and eaten several times, both in Portugal and Italy ) but is probably another variety that I'm not too sure about.
To summarize, we thoroughly enjoyed our walk that included loads of climbing ( amazing exercise ), plenty of fresh air, a bit of light rain and a little picknick.
We also ended up helping the local 'vigile' ( the local police mostly focused on checking whether people are 'behaving' and aren't up to shady things ) to make it out of the forest.
When we were about to leave the forest, her car passed by and we had a little chat ( as we live in/near a small town and she hadn't gotten to know me yet ). And when we left, she called for us and we learnt that her car wasn't starting. With the help of our battery and her jumper cable, we managed to help her out ( of the forest ).
She tried to press on us that we needed to be aware of/afraid of wild animals ( a wolf had attacked a dog recently and there's plenty of cingiali ( wild pigs ) and they are 'dangerous' creatures ). Who would we call if we were in trouble? etc.
We are natural, intelligent people ( not city folk ) who respect nature and use our intuition but try to explain that to a person in authority. Long story short, Clare cleverly replied that the vigile should call us if she was in trouble ( her car wouldn't start ) :<)
In the end, we managed to make the woman smile. We scored some points. We then drove on to our land and spent half a day working on our garden and house before we went home for food, fire and a cosy night. Another day well spent.
