A winter pop-up

[ChefsWild]

In a small shopping mall outdoor planting area, of all places.

[4rum]

You never know when WHAT is going to pop up. A few years ago a business did some landscaping around the outside. They put in new shrubs and truck loads of mulch. A few weeks later those mulch beds were full of morels. I ate 'em ...

[Dave W]

Those yellow mushrooms may be a type of Wax Cap (Hygrophorus/Hygrocybe). Or maybe a species of Flammulina.

There's a mulch-inhabiting species --Tubaria furfuracea-- that I have found during each of the twelve months of the year.

[CajunShroomer3578]

Dave, do you think these are the same ? Spore print was light yellow. Specimens were actually yellowish. Pictures show different

[Dave W]

These are very likely not the same species as the ones posted above by ChefsWild. Note the differences in color and shape for the gills.

I don't have a solid proposal for this one either, CajunShroomer. The gills, stem, and occurrence on wood suggest Armillaria. But the cap surface looks different than Armillaria and the yellow spore print does not match. Lentinus is another genus that comes to my mind here, but the gill edges should be ragged/serrated and the yellow spore print does not match any Lentinus or Lentinellus, to my knowledge.

So, I'm stumped by each of these posted observations.

[CajunShroomer3578]

K thanks. I'll do a little more research and get back with you