u/Wild_Caps

Can someone confirm these mushrooms? They were growing in woodchipped camp area in Delaware. Streams are nearby, but not in line of site.

The pictures will show the features. But what I note is the same distinct smell of ones I had found before. The weather has been ideal, light rain, cool temps, highs 60-70 degrees.

I have been hiking around this area every other day, but I must have missed the older ones days ago as some were a bit old or less appealing. They all showed bluish bruising.

I will begin laying them out and taking more pictures. I will begin a couple spore prints and drying them out. But at this point, I think an ID can be made with these pictures.

I’m 99% sure what these are, but I am not that experienced.

Ink Caps or Mica Caps?

Found these in NJ growing in a cluster from decaying wood. At first I thought they were Common Ink Caps (Coprinopsis atramentaria), but after looking closer I’m now leaning more toward Mica Caps (Coprinellus micaceus) or something closely related.

Small tan/honey colored caps, thin white stems, darkening gills, and a pretty mild/basic mushroom smell. Some of the younger ones maybe looked like they had tiny mica-like flecks but I’m not fully sure.

Still learning, would appreciate opinions/corrections.

Found my first morels in NJ today — sadly too old to harvest, but still a cool find. They were growing near an old fire ring with ash in the soil. I’ve heard morels like disturbed/burned ground, so I’ll definitely be checking similar spots again.

I found these growing alongside a creek in the dirt which is as any wooded area, the dirt is mixture of broken down wood debris and soil.

The specimens seems a bit old, the caps had flattened out. The gills seemed adnexed, narrowly attached. There were remnants of the annulus ring on the stem. The caps were about an inch in diameter. The pictures show most the detail i am describing.

If anyone could help me rule out Galerina Marginata, I would appreciate it. I really want to become experienced in identifying it, so I can steer clear from it. Especially that its in the same exact habitat of ones I’m hunting.

I found these in New Jersey and plan to cook them up as I’m certain they are oyster mushrooms.

I found this growing in new jersey. Has gray gills, seems to be making a gray spore print, but im still waiting for it to develop.

I found a bunch here in New Jersey/Delaware.  They were young and fresh, some just beneath leaves. 

This was in a woodchipped camping area in a forested area not directly adjacent to creeks but not far from small creeks that run throughout this wooded area.  The caps are 1” and smaller.  There is a faint torn annulus.  Bruising is darkish blue.  Has a distinct mushroom smell. I am waiting on the spore sprint, but after about 2 hours its faintly showing dark gray. 

Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!!!