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I found these walking through the woods today as well as a bunch of chiggers that tore me up... I didn't want to disturb them since young and maybe they are something edible.  Any ideas?  I know there is no print but this was the best I could do in the moment.  Even several species that I could research and then identify them more in-depth tomorrow. The stem was hollow I cut one off with a knife.  The gills ran slightly down the stalk but only an 8th inch or so.

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Thanks Matt.  I am going to harvest them today and make a spore print and get some better pictures.  Never ran into chiggers before but I would rather fall off a roof than get them again!!

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Chiggers are usually the gift that keeps on on giving. The itching and scratching can last days to weeks. I'll take ticks over chiggers any day but seed ticks are a close second....all bad. A good quality bug spray is a must this time of year but I get caught without it occasionally and regret it every time.

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It is awful!!!! I have an update on the clusters i found, there were a bunch after I went back to find the ones in the pictures I saw tons more.  I harvested some and am taking a spore print now.  I will probably start a new thread with better pictures.

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5 hours ago, MattVa said:

A.Tabescens (ringless Honey's) would be my guess but the pics are a little blurry. I hate chiggers I was smoked by them back in June and I'm still scabbed up.

They look a little small to be A. Tabescens also a hollow stem does not support Armillaria either.

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Armillaria mushrooms --a variety of different species-- at first have stalks that feature a fibrous "skin" and a white cottony stuffing inside. As the mushrooms mature the cottony interior may stain reddish-brown as it withers away --or is consumed by insects. The result is that the mature Armillaria mushroom may have a stalk that is somewhat hollow. So, I wouldn't rule out Armillaria on this basis. But I agree about some of those caps looking small for A. tabescens. 

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