zoso6767
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HELP. What kind of mushroom is this?

I found this growing on some oak logs in my backyard, Summer to early Fall. I live in South Florida.

[img]https://i35.tinypic.com/52xvdw.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i36.tinypic.com/2m2vrx0.jpg[/img]


I also found this growing on my front lawn a long time ago around the rainy season. I wish I hadn't lost the other pictures.

[img]https://i38.tinypic.com/2j5bgbd.jpg[/img]

I'm hoping at least one of these are edible but I doubt it.

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rainbowgardener
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The top two are some variety of shelf fungus, of which there are a number. Shelf fungus is part of the natural system for breaking down wood, so usually grows on trees as shown. Generally they are tough and inedible. There is an edible variety, the sulphur shelf fungus, but it is bright orange and it's not the one you have.

Don't know about the mushroom...

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These both look like Armillaria, which can shelf or fruit as a regular mushroom...

We do not recommend eating any mushroom without positive ID by a local expert; the only sure ID for ANY mushroom is microscopic ID of spores. Anything else is gambling...

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