ID Please- lyophyllum decastes AKA the fried chicken mushroom ?

[BaconSquishy]

If anyone can heres some pictures of a few mushrooms i found in eastern ontario. The first set of pictures show a mushroom which i think looks like Agaricus Xanthodermus because as you can see in one of the pictures, the base began to rapidly oxidize into a yellowish colour after being cut.

Many agaricus both edible and inedible stain yellow...the stem looks prettyy short and beefy to be xanthoderma....have you looked at the keys for Agaricus arvensis,Agaricus silvicola,and Agaricus bitorquis.....this last one i have never seen the stem turn yellow but the cap sometimes does...
where was this agaric found? in grass or the woods? the second mushroom is a small polypore....similar to Polyporus mori or Polyporus arcularius....but it doesnt fit exactly.
The last mushroom im a little stumped...lemme look around a bit. a sporeprint would help ALOT on the last one
Thanks for sharing.....

[BaconSquishy]

The first one was found growing out of the dirt outside my cottage, beside where i keep my firewood, second was found on a tree and the third was found outside the backdoor also growing in dirt but no wood around. Most of them were like the one i took a picture of but there were some more starting, when they get bigger i'll try and take a sporeprint.

[BaconSquishy]

Few more pictures for identification if at all possible. First 2 are pics of an older version of the 3rd mushroom in the first post, as you can see it opened up a great deal and is now kind of oyster-like.

for the first mushroom in the above pics you MAY have lyophyllum decastes
, a sporeprint would help insure the ID though.
also known commonly as the fried chicken mushroom ..it is a good edible , fairly common however varies widely in its features from habitat to habitat. i did spend quite a bit of time looking this one up and if you could get a sporeprint you could not only ID it....but have a a nice wild edible someone could attempt to clean up with agar work and try to grow.

Lyophyllum decastes (MushroomExpert.Com)

fried chicken mushroom - Google Image Search

now...if you need me ill be trying to ID the next mushroom in the above pics
lol!

[Lazlo]

See here for an i.d. on the Agaricus. It's really hard to tell from your images, so you'll need to take a look here or post more images. An image of the ring around the stem would be great also.

How does the mushroom smell?

California Fungi: Agaricus californicus

California Fungi: Agaricus arvensis

lazlo..see the gear like structure on the veil of the arvensis photo you posted...that usually is still evident as triangular shaped "rags" when the veil breaks on this particular agaricus....for this reason i dont think its arvensis...it may be campestris or another similar one though.

[BaconSquishy]

Just a few more. First two are the fully mature version of the "fried chicken mushroom".

should have a white sporeprint.
its closest lookalikes that are poisonous are entoloma sp...and they would have a pink sporeprint....

[BaconSquishy]

Originally Posted by greysRDbest

should have a white sporeprint.
its closest lookalikes that are poisonous are entoloma sp...and they would have a pink sporeprint....

The first or second mushroom?

the first mushroom Lyophyllum decastes "fried chicken mushroom"
second one im still lookin around for something that keys based on macrofeatures

[Hippie3]

sounds good doesn't it...fried chicken mushroom

[BaconSquishy]

White dusting on surrounding foliage underneith the gills of the mushrooms. Pictures comeing soon to verify the white spore print.