jungleboy Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just found these during a walk in the woods. There were hundreds of them on the ground around a few trees and growing out of the tree. I live in northern Indiana, but I could t find anything that looked right when I tried to identify them. I wondered about a deer mushroom, but these don’t have a ring on the stem. I thought they also looked kind of like oysters, but from what I read, oysters grew on decaying trees, not all over the ground like in the pic. Or maybe ringless honeys? The weather got up into the 80s this last week and then dropped down into the 40sand 50s yesterday, so these are probably past their prime…. Any ideas on what they might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnme Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 Almost seem like a clitocybe type. Any strong smell or taste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah254 Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 Not sure, but I bet on clitocybe sp. Should be Clitocybe harperi or Clitocybe brunneocephala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jungleboy Posted October 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 I wondered about Brunn. myself after xnme’s reply. I looked at the spore print from over night and here’s what it looks like. It was broken up in a few pieces so it would lay flat. But after reading more last night, are they this far out east in Indiana? It almost seemed like they were just a western US mushroom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnme Posted October 9, 2023 Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 Going off the pictures you've got and other observations on mushroomobserver, plus my field guide. Best guess I got is Clitocybe nebularis and those can hurt the stomach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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