Well, then - According to my Audubon guide a likely suspect is a short stalked Suillus - which is a sort of bolete. Kinda looks like it from
my field guide and your photo..but there are quite a few suillus's too.

kinda fun trying to find it for you tho

ann

On 8/19/2012 18:51, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Our soil is clay over shale, but we have many pines, firs, cedars, and
arborvitae, (as well as oaks, maples, magnolia, dogwood, ash and
willows).

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
It's a bolete of some sort - but there are lots of em

The putting the cap on white paper and covering with a glass bowl or
something for a while it will leave a spore print... the color of the spore
print is another indicator of its genus, if not species.

Is the soil sandy in your yard?  got some everygreens around?

ann



On 8/19/2012 16:35, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Thanks for looking, Ann.  It didn't have gills, or much of a stem, and
the cap had the shape of a rock more than that of must times of
mushrooms I have seen.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:

we call them LBM's ( LIttle brown mushrooms...)
actually they dont look that little. but thats what 'sroom hunters call
a variety of fungi they can't id.

If you want to have even a good guess you needed to pluck one and turn it
upsidedown.  another help is cutting  off the stem, putting the fungi
underside down on a piece of white paper and let it sit overnight, or at
least for a while.

Good to know what it was growing on.  if it is spongy underneath instead
ofhaving gills it is likely some sort of bolete - which doesn't mean it
is
edible.

It looks a bit like a bolete from the places where the critters bit.

still, with all that, you wouldn't be able to get it down to species.

ann



On 8/19/2012 12:44, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


I found this in my yard after two days of rain.  I have no idea what it
is:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323254

Apparently, some critter in the yard thought it looked tasty:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323272

Comments, and help in identifying these tumorous growths, will be
appreciated.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


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