An interesting lesson in mycology from an amazing expert in the field!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7365663
And...another article: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/strobilomyces_floccopus.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/comments/706bba/strobilomyces_floccopus/
Some say you can't ID to species, some say you can. Some say both...go figure!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9397138
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/tiwane/8681-an-inat-introduction-to-mushrooming
Also:
@jwparker2, thanks for the kind words. It's on YouTube, so you can share the YouTube link here: https://youtu.be/LKF_pIY0Zpc
Tony
I knew what a mushroom looked like in general, as well as those white and brown "store bought" varieties. That was about it for me.
The Wikipedia work on identification was an EXCELLENT starting point for me:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom#Identification
Next, some clear photographic examples are a huge help:
For some of the very BEST of the best observations:
Basically all Observations of the Day are added to this project:
There may be a few missing, but it's pretty complete
http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/inat-observation-of-the-day
Somehow I stumbled upon this on the website: