Hoosierfunguy

I found 6 greys in northern Indiana yesterday, so they're poppin

This should be the time for southern Indiana for sure. I doubt that it's peaked yet, but up here in northern Indiana, they usually don't pop up much until the soil temp is near 50 and we've got at least another week until that happens. Can you post pictures of the mushrooms you want help identifying?

I haven't even gone out yet, because They usually don't start popping up until the last week of April here in northwest Indiana. What county are you in?

Haha! You're not alone. Which town are you in? I live in NWI too and know of a great spot for half free morels and some yellows. The black ones are not as easy to find. If you know anywhere that has been a burn site in the last 1-3 years, those seem to be great places for morels

The peak season for southern Indiana should be in two- three weeks, so you might start seeing them next week

I'm disappointed to see that this group is doing things exclusively on Facebook. I guess it's because so many more people are there, however, some people (like myself) are not interested in signing up on Facebook for specific reasons, including (but not limited to) the NSA and CIA's involvement in psychological social programs using technology on that site. There's a lot of things that most people are completely unaware of, but it's a personal choice. I would like to see important notices and links on this site also.

I'm also looking forward to signing up for the courses

I'm fairly certain that they are Enoki (Flammulina Velutipes), but I'm not sure if there is a toxic look alike.

I found these at a friend's house

I didn't realize there was an oyster mushroom that wasn't white and convexed.

I don't know how many people get notification of new topics, but several people check a few times per week. It's definitely not a large group of people, but the quality of knowledgeable people is rich, in my opinion. Makes me feel like a novice...oh, wait....I am a novice...lol

Give it time. Someone will come along and help you out. I personally haven't had any experience using a microscope (besides 8th grade science class). I know they're useful in identifying some mushrooms, but usually positive IDs can be made with the obvious characteristics seen by the naked eye.

Did you find them at the base of open trees in a yard? Were they all in the same lot? Last week the ones I found were in fairly close proximity to each other and were all in people's front yards at the base of very old white oaks. Were any of yours on young oaks?

???Those would be hard to miss at 70mph...lol ????

Those are old corn cobs with fungus growing on them. You're welcome??? Seriously, They look like a kind of bird's nest, but I really have no idea. Here's a picture of a neat little colony I found this last summer.

I was working in an old part of Chitcago that has a lot of 100-200+ year old oak trees, yesterday and today; and I found 14 hens with a gross weight of 25 lbs in less than half hour. This is more than i've ever found, cumulatively. I've decided to hunt for hens in the city, hitherto...lol

The second picture isn't a very good representation to get an ID. Maybe show the stalk, the fertile surface in good lighting

That first one "appears" to look like parasol mushroom. Macrolepiota procera/lepiota procera. I misidentified a mushroom that looked exactly like one and I was violently ill for 2-3 days. Fever, nausea, cramps vomiting....i literally thought I was going to die and kinda wished I had. I later discovered that there's a toxic lookalike that must be positively identified by the spore print. I'm not sure which lookalike I ate, but it visually appeared exactly like a parasol I advise extreme caution on all mushrooms, and specifically parasol. Some people maybe be less cautious, but do your own research and know before you swallow.

Last year I only found old ones that weren't very good. This year i've been so busy, it's been difficult to make the time to hit the woods, but after a couple of tries, nothing substantial.... then today, i'm working in Chicago and on a break, I look at the base of a neighbor's Oak and there she was, about 2' long 1' high, nestled camouflaged among the mulch near the bulging root bases. I politely asked the neighbor if i could take it away and he said sure.. ?

How extraordinary! Amazing. I never thought to look in rocks... Haha

Very cool.

Bruce, doesn't Artomyces pyxidata turn orangish when it's past its prime?

Congratulations??????

Notice that the flesh of the false Chantelle is whitish. But Chanterelles are a different story, altogether. ? I couldn't resist... ?

I wouldn't rule it out, yet, but the Lysurus periphragmoides does have a stalk, but i haven't found any with a taper like that. I hope you get a positive ID. Do you have a good microscope? It wouldn't hurt to harvest some of that olive brown slime and have a close look