So walking in my woods the other day and I came across these different mushrooms all over the woods. The first pictures are of what I think might be shiitake mushrooms.
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top
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gills
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stem and gills
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
The next I think is a type of fall bolete. These are even more abundant than the shiitake looking ones (which were pretty prolific).
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side view
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gills and flesh
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
The rest are pictures of random fungi that I thought looked good.
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'shrooms on a log
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classic shape
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pretty color
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
These ones were another prolific mushroom in the woods. The camera didn't really do them justice, they had more of a pink hue than I'm seeing on my computer screen. They really reminded me of crab or lobster meat with the pink exterior when I first saw them.
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top and gills
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side view
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
I haven't done anything like a spore print, just a quick look at mushrooms on google images to see what might look similar. I'm pretty far from an expert on fungi, the only mushrooms I can ID well enough to eat are morels and puffballs.
"Instead of Pay It Forward I prefer Plant It Forward" ~Howard Story / "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." ~John Muir
I agree with CJ. Very unlikely to be shiitake. Very rare to find in the woods. Almost exclusively cultivated. Spore print is crucial to valid ID.
John S
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