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I've discovered 2 mushrooms unknown to me. One is beige and bulbous. The other more flat and brown. The latter one was quite numerous before, but as we head into spring it has been dying back. I think it might be a turkey tail? I've no idea about the other.

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The first one does looks quite a bit like Turkey Tail, but a good shot of the underside (it should be white with tiny pores) would help verify this one for sure.

The second one also needs a photo of the underside to ID to species. However, if this one is growing on wood chips, it might be an Agrocybe:

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agrocybe_praecox.html

I see Agrocybe praecox all the time on wood chips in the spring- it's the most common spring wood chip mushroom in western Oregon.

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M.K. Dorje Sr. wrote:The first one does looks quite a bit like Turkey Tail, but a good shot of the underside (it should be white with tiny pores) would help verify this one for sure.

The second one also needs a photo of the underside to ID to species. However, if this one is growing on wood chips, it might be an Agrocybe:

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agrocybe_praecox.html

I see Agrocybe praecox all the time on wood chips in the spring- it's the most common spring wood chip mushroom in western Oregon.



The suspected turkey tail is sort of beige on it's underside. The bulbous one has shriveled up quite a bit - it's underside is very dark. They're both growing on a stump.
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This link has a great description of how to ID turkey tails.

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/trametes_versicolor.html

The site is a bit opinionated about benefits of turkey tails...good ID information though.

We harvest a few here and there when found and throw a handful in bone broth to simmer and strain out with the bones.



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I found another mushroom! It looks like a Wine Cap. I'm not about to eat some random mushroom though - I'm not nearly experienced enough to do that. Anyone know what it is?

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at a guess it's some form of russula, winecaps have a ring and it doesn't appear you mushroom does.
 
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NOT a wine cap.

I think at the very least you need to get a good book on identifying mushrooms. It seems like your goal is to find edibles? Most mushrooms have look-alike species, some of which can kill you. You need to know the exact details to check to confirm the ID.

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Michael Cox wrote:NOT a wine cap.

I think at the very least you need to get a good book on identifying mushrooms. It seems like your goal is to find edibles? Most mushrooms have look-alike species, some of which can kill you. You need to know the exact details to check to confirm the ID.



My goal is mainly just being aware of the mushrooms around me. If I get good enough to identify edibles with confidence, that would be a good skill to have! A good reference book is probably the way to go.

Skandi, you're correct that this does look a lot like a Russula species.

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