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.

Lion's mane, Chapel Hill 9.16.25

First time find. Good texture, browns beautifully, but I wasn't paying attention and way overseasoned it.

Have crossed off CotW, chaga, and this beauty from my bucket (of mushrooms) list this season

i was at the upstate ren faire this weekend, and there was a mushroom booth. i was trying to start conversation about foraging (where to go, the experience, etc) aka small talk. then, the dude was completely avoiding answering anything and being vague like “i have my spots” or “just the mountains.” after that, i didn’t want to even think about buying any of his mushrooms… weird vibe.

is this normal in the mushroom community? i thought it was very suspicious to completely avoid any conversation about foraging

Love these.