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Was out checking stands last weekend and ran into this. It's was around 10 lbs or so. Let the fine dining begin.

Great finds!

Looks like Pluteus cervinus.

Thanks for sharing. The Amanita is Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. Also Suillus americanus.

That will go well with venison tenderloin or backstrap cooked over some cherry or apple wood.

Nice pics! Off the top of my head, looks like an Amanita of some kind, Polyporus squamosus, Lycoperdon pyriforme and probably some brand of Suillus. Lately I've been consuming a lot of Agaricus campestris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. :-) Be careful out there!

That looks like a Meadow Mushroom.... http://www.indianamushrooms.com/agaricus_campestris.html I've been finding these myself lately. Note the partial ring remnant around the stem and the detached, pink gills which *should* soon turn a dark, chocolate brown when it starts releasing spores. The stem should NOT bruise yellow, nor should the mushroom have a disagreeable (creosote-like) odor. They typically grow in arcs or "fairy rings" in grass, NOT in the woods or at the base of trees. If I've identified this correctly, they are closely related to the button mushrooms found in grocery stores and are themselves quite tasty, although a little stronger in flavor. Fall is also a good time to start looking for puffballs of all kinds. Finally, if you spray your lawn with herbicides, fertilizers or other chemicals you need to be finding someplace else to harvest mushrooms for consumption. Be careful out there!