I have photographed hundreds of mushrooms in my yard over the years, and they are the most difficult to identify by image comparison on the internet and in nature books. The images here are all from my yard in southeaast Massachusetts. If you can identify any of the species shown here, please let me know.
Dennis,
It was nice to meet you last thursday evening at teh RLT meeting.
You have many nice photos of mushrooms. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to positively indentify mushroooms from just a photo. Wheter it is gilled, a bolete, stemless, color, spore print etc, all have a bearing in identification.
After the photo of the Russula, numbers 7,8,9 and 5c appear to me to be Hen of the Woods, also called Grifola Frondosa, or Maitake, they grown on oak trees around early October – if there is sufficient rain.
Yours appear to be past peak. As they start to dry out they become more white. When fresh can be brown or dark grey with some white. A very good edible.
#A014739 is definitely an Amanita most likely a destroying angel and as you can guess from the name it is poisonous.
2018-10-02-16-46-30C is a beefsteak fungus (Fistulina Hepatica) which has a lateral stalk, flesh oozing red juice, and found on oak trees. It is edible but my husband and I did not like the taste.
#7D-3256 looks to me to be a Jack O’ Lantern (omphalates illudens). It growns in large bunches with attached stems and is poisonous. A poisonous look a like for a chanterelle.
My best suggestion is to buy yourself a mushroom ID book and check some out yourself and/or join a mushroom club. I believe there is one in RI but do not know the name. Good luck with your ID’s.
Diane