it does look a bit like honey fungus. peel a bit of the old bark back and if there is a sheet of white fungus growing underneath then it is one of the 7 species of honey fungus.

I will post a photo of HF that is on a stump in my garden. Mine is one of the least rampant. I had it professionally id'd by the RHS.

Ok will do thanks

Will you let us know please?

There should be black bootlace like threads under the bark of the tree if this is Honey Fungus.

Do some of them form a cluster at the base, that is, with 5 or 6 mushrooms arising from the same point, which is usually a feature of honey fungus? I'm also not seeing the yellowish white cottony ring - the one in the second image looks just white, and the stem's the wrong colour, should be honey coloured. But that stem is broken, ,perhaps an intact one looks different... If this is honey fungus, they're old, judging by the shape of the caps - the gills underneath should be tan/brown coloured in older specimens, though the spores are pale cream - the gills beneath yours are white, so not convinced its honey fungus. There probably are sheets of white mycelium on the tree stump - but that would be the case with any fungi and you'll get loads of different ones because they're breaking down the dead wood - honey fungus mycelium usually has black strings or 'boot laces', as Owdboggy says

Neither was I which is why I asked about the bootlaces.

I will do a proper inspection tomorrow as it is forcast dry and post up findings.....

Honey fungus also has a ring near the top of the stem
This link shows you the white threads Bamboo mentioned with a tip on how best to find them.

my species of honey fungus doesn't have the black boot laces however. as I expected to have them but the rhs said not in that species.

Oh that's interesting Seaburngirl - I had what looked exactly like honey fungus on a eucalypt stump in someone's garden about 8 years ago - but no black bootlaces, though two smaller, nearby woody shrubs also died. I didn't take the risk and replanted using non woody plants instead...