It is always cool to see the different shapes and colors of wild mushrooms. Many people take to the woods to forage for mushrooms but many varieties are toxic. It amazes me how animals have to ability to know what is safe to eat and what is not. But I have heard of domesticated animals, especially dogs getting sick from eating mushrooms. If ever venturing out to forage be sure to properly identify the species before picking.
It appears to me that this mushroom is Pholiota Squarrosoides. They grow singly and in dense clusters on deciduous trees like beech, birch, maple and alder. They are a common mushroom that is widely distributed throughout North America from August to October.
Rogers Mushrooms Website to learn more about this and other mushrooms
On a Free Ranging run with the WooFPAK, WooFDriver came across this mushroom that appears to me to be of the same variety in a lighter shade?? I am not sure of that because the Shaggy Scalycap grows out of wood and this one is growing on the ground.
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