Thanks for the info Iain,perhaps they were a bad omen at the start of our walk in to our objective of the day.Three Munro's,Ben Starav,Glas Bheinn Mhor and Beinn Nan Aighenan (three of us, three Munro's, three mushrooms).A drench day with low lying mist and constant drizzle we did however manage to stand on the last Munro of the day.This is where it all went wrong getting back down to the bealach we proceeded to head in the wrong direction “ bloody mist,or was it the fungi ? “.Down the opposite side of the mountains we had to walk the full length of Loch Etive,now standing at the river that flows into the Loch we made the decision to wade across (waist deep) as there was a cottage on the other side and the hope of a lift back to our car or even a phone signal as I new my wife would be worried.A woman from the cottage probably couldn't believe her eyes seeing us in the river and came over to ask if we were alright,not really was the answer.She invited us inside where we said hello to another five people sitting around a big table next to open fire.They sat us down and gave us home made pasta and a big mug of coffee,still no phone signal we got a lift back to our car (ten mins).Driving along the single track road we came across a deer that was standing in the middle of the road,did it scamper?,no,it decided that we weren't going to get out of glen Etive so fast and proceeded to walk up the middle of the road three foot in front of the car,it decided to head into the darkness five minutes later.Driving along the A82 I eventually was able to phone my by now frantic wife to put her mind at ease.
I can't thank those people enough for their wonderful hospitality.
PS
I forgot to bring my Satmap active 10,a navigation device that would have showed us the way in the mountains,yes I'm blaming that on the fungi too.
The great outdoors !!!