Pinecones Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Found a patch of these today, all way past their prime and getting floppy/mushy. The biggest were maybe 6-8" across the cap. Conifer forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 These might be Paxillus involutus; check MushroomExpert.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hard to say for sure due to deterioration. Definitely not chanterelles though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinecones Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 I figured they weren't chanterelles. Paxillus involutus sure looks like it could be a candidate! The I wish I could've found some prime mushrooms. I will keep my eyes open for more if they crop in again! The only thing I'm seeing is that even the photos I can find of old mushrooms they're very light in color. But it's been frozen and we had some snow, so maybe the caps got frosted and oxidized a bit. Hard to say. Next time I find a good one I will get some proper identifying info on it and cross check it with p. involutus! I found the stalk of what may have been the same mushroom in the same area; just the stalk was probably 1/2lb, it was HUGE. A rodent had parted out the cap and stuffed it in a little chipmunk-sized root cellar under a root. The cap segments looked like they could've been the same mushroom. Wish I'd seen it in one piece! What a monster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Possibly a species of Hygrophorus. Old decaying mushrooms change in appearance and can be very difficult to ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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