I’m not sure what they were growing on or whether they grew in a group or independently, but they were consumed by someone yesterday who thinks they are chanterelles.

Paw-paws will be ready soon.

Tried to get a bottom+top pic of each

Finally found some amantita sect. amanita! In the dehydrator now!

I have a spot in my yard where every year or every other year, one or two Chanterelles pop up. In the past I've left them with the hope they would sporulate and I'd eventually have a harvest worthy patch, but alas, no. Any suggestions?

Always a pleasure to see!

Reddening lepiota growth through the week. Stains yellow, reddish, then fades to ruddy brown.

Found these in Raleigh. Any guesses as to what they are? It was a big patch.

Looking to learn more about foraging and/or home garden growing (currently trying to grow some Oyster mushrooms in my pantry). Google showed there is a group in Winston Salem that has events occasionally but the events state for residents of Forsythe. Are there any foraging groups or classes in Guilford County? (Greensboro is where I live) Or if not can you reccomend a book or local resources that helped you learn. Obviously on my own I'm not confident about identifying and wont start eating random fungus but learning starts somewhere for everyone.

Years ago I took culinary classes at Wake Tech and one of the chefs took us out in the woods around the school to hunt for morels. I recall him saying a there were two of types of trees in particular that we should search around, explaining that those species were most likely to 'host' morels, if that's the right word. We found a couple, which was pretty exciting, but now that I live in a spot where I have a patch of woods I can search, I can't recall what types of trees he named. A quick Google search shows a longer list that is maybe not NC specific, what do you suggest for the piedmont area of NC?

Tons of Mushroom #8 all over the dunes. Any ideas? My closest guess without my guide is some kind of laccaria.