WARNING: Identifying mushrooms is a SCIENCE, and I am only an amateur. Any identification notes that I make here range from somewhat confident to fairly speculative, and I make NO CLAIMS WHATSOEVER that any of the information below is accurate. (After all, this is a blog, not a peer-reviewed mycological journal..) Many species of mushrooms are LETHAL if ingested, and many edible mushrooms have toxic counterparts that are superficially similar. Having said that, enjoy the photos!
 | Black Trumpet |  | Amanita "Destroying Angel", maybe Amanita bisporigera. There are several species that are referred to as destroying angels, all are extremely toxic. A. biosporigera is a species that is allegedly more common in the northeastern US than its look-alikes. |
 | An Amanita emerging from its vulva. |  | Jelly babies, probably Leotia lubrica. Cute little translucent things.. |
 | A type of coral mushroom. There are many varieties of these.. |  | Clavulinopsis fusiformis (?) |
 | No idea. In fact, I'm not certain that the whitish part isn't another fungus living on the black one.. |  | A Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) standing next to some Mycena leaiana (these were identified for me). |
 |  | Chicken mushrooms, Laetiporus sulphureus | |
 | Hygrocybe conica aka "Witch's Cap" or "Conic Waxcap". See it's long stalk in this photo. Bruises black very quickly. |  | A Russula. See the underside here. |
 | Oyster mushrooms |  | Some type of sac fungi |
 | Not sure... |  | Parrot waxcap, Hygrocybe psittacina I believe.. |
 | "Jack-O-Lantern" |  | Chlorociboria aeruginascens. What you can't see is that this fungus will inhabit the inside of the log as well, staining it the same blue-green color. |
 | Another coral type. |  | What I was hoping to be a beefsteak polypore, but not so sure. |
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