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Not sure why photos uploaded in a different order I intended so all my references are wrong. Yes, the brown-spored one is on photo 7, also on 1, and top mushroom on photo 3. The brown-spored one is the one that smelled mild and tasted pleasant, and had a bit slippery cap surface. Unfortunately, no microscope atm, every penny goes towards getting a house :)) species of Inocybe sounds right. Here’s another photo of spore print (top) compared to that of Cortinarius (bottom)

Camille, I find them smelling similar to Agaricus, which people describe smelling as almonds and cherries, so sweet smell seems to fit. Our temps are still above freezing until Sunday night. Got another 4 pounds of blewits today. Other than that not much but my eyes are still checking the ground level as the oysters are starting to show up but they prefer downed trees to standing ones.

Clitocybe robusta seems to fit. White spore print might be yellowish. Anyone tried it?

Subdecurrent gills, smells mild but reminds me of Agaricus smell, tastes noticeably sweet, grow in a fairy ring I think, spore print appears white based on deposit onto mushrooms below. Very stout mushroom. Among oaks but probably saprobic.

Hmm this is interesting. Spore print attched. Mushrooms from photos 1-4 have white spore print as expected, while the latter one doesn’t seem to be Tricholoma species at all.

Thanks Dave.

I guess could also be C. vibratilis. Spore print is rusty brown, the mushroom is very slimy (both cap and stem), I see remnants of something on the stem, cortina or ring. habitat - pitch pine

Thanks Dave. gills are mostly light brown, but they do have a pink tinge, resembling Agaricus in a way.

photos 5(top mushroom), 6 and 7 might be a different species, it has a cap of different shade of brown (photo, left), it’s cap feels less dry, more slimy. Also the smell is mild, taste is pleasant, a bit sweet. First 4 photos and photo 5 (bottom 2 mushrooms) : smell is strong, taste is quite strong too, with a bit of bitterness. Spore printing both.

Dave, smell is like radish, spore print occured at the spot onto the specimen below (attached). They grow pretty big, I found some almost 5” across

Thanks guys. Spore print came out pretty crappy, probably due to too much rain, but color seems right. Left some behind to grow, will go back on Friday.

Please tell me it’s blewits (spore printing now). I found the most saprobic environment I could (leaves and woodchips). Very fragrant (pleasantly). Some more purple, others more beige/brownish but they all grew together. Last photo is taken indoors.

Nope, never tried them. I don’t usually find them, so haven’t studied them well, I know there are poisonous species.

Thanks Dave!

I’m open to any possibilities, but to me, cap colors and texture seems very different from limonella. No remnants of a ring on the stalks either. Spore prints starts to appear now and it seems to be...white. So, I guess it is not Pholiota species at all? How about Tricholomopsis sulfureoides? or maybe Tricholomopsis decora, based on adnate gills?

Can’t find such colors of pholiota in the books. Flesh is not soft like some pholiotas I’ve found before, more rubbery like Armillaria. Collected from downed Eastern hemlock. Smell mild, taste mild. Strange pointy part at the stalk’s base is how the mushroom was attached to the log. Collecting spore print for the last 4 hours, nothing atm. Stem is solid inside, stringy. Second from last photo is taken indoors.

Thanks Dave. I actually like Hebeloma proposal better due to gills color. If I come across these again I’ll gather more info.

Around 10” in diameter.

Nothing but pitch pine around. Didn’t collect so won’t know spore color, but if it’s needed I think I can find more next time I go. I see some white on stalk’s upper part, maybe that’s spores? Didn’t taste, smell was a bit unpleasant.

Sure looks like Leccinum like Dan said. Which one exactly not sure, possibly L. holopus var. americanum. It is quite common to find boletes inverted like that.

only one, was all wormy

I wouldn’t rule that out Dave. I haven’t seen any but doesn’t mean they weren’t there haha. Planning to go back there possibly next week, I’ll try to find the spot and check on trees more carefully.

Thanks for that last bit of info Dave. I was just wondering the other day if my maitake from last year is still good.(sauteed, frozen in oil)

Not me. just can’t find them. Maybe you ate too much at once,?

Thanks Dave I will. found this post from 2011, which looks quite like the ones I found, maybe just a younger specimen. https://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_observation/76266