Lots of different mushrooms pop up in our yard this time of year. This was the first time we saw one quite like this. It grew to a pretty large size for what we tend to see around here.
Doesn’t look familiar but I’m happy to take a shot at an ID if you’re willing to dig it up and post pictures of the underside and the base of the stem.
It helps to provide as many details as possible when asking for mushroom identification — subjectively, there are many mushrooms that can appear very similar. Here’s a non-exhuastive list of traits that I find are helpful for aiding identification:
- Time of year
- Description of growth medium
- Description of location
- Surrounding flora
- Recent weather
- Cap characteristics
- Textures
- Smells
- Spore print characteristics
- Characteristics of the stipe (eg hollow, solid, etc.)
- Characteristics of the gills
- Cross section
- Bruising
- Color
- Examples of growth stages
- Microscopic images of the spores (specifically, for example, their shape and size can be useful)
I would encourage you to find as many characteristics as you possibly can if you want any serious attempt at an identification.
Gill pics or GTFO.
Yeah PNW has been mushrooming like mad this year.
It’s wild, way more mushrooms than I’ve ever seen. Huckleberries came super early and are much bigger than usual. Climate change is wild.
Let’s see we got: Suillus, probably Caerulens but could be Luteus or Ponderosus Helvella Vespertina Psathyrella of some sort
Impossible to tell without seeing the underside of the cap. Even then, all mushrooms should be treated as LBMs unless you are absolutely sure.
Never trust internet people to ID your stuff.
