danadriscoll's Identifications

Wine Cap Mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Native to North America, more common in Mid-Atlantic and Eastern states.
They have a deep reddish brown cap, slightly convex. The cap turns paler as it ages. The caps in the photos range from 4-9cm. Thin gills that are close together in a purple-black color. Leaves a purple-black spore print.
Relatively large stalks that are yellowish white. And a thick, wrinkled ring on the upper stalk.
Wine caps appear near hard wood forests and near underdecomposed wood debris. These mushrooms were found on wood chips and downed trees from an old tree farm, giving them the perfect environment to grow.
They are edible if you cook them.
Also found on the property was meadow mushrooms (Agaricus campestis) and dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha).
Weather: high of low 60s, low in the 40s. No perception, partly cloudy.