These were found today near Schriebers Meadow on 9/20/2014. To see comments, click on the Comments link to the right of this post’s title (up and to the right a bit).
Here’s Igor’s assessment of them:
Mushroom 1 & 2 is very probably Catathelasma imperialis or ventricosa
Mushroom 3 Suillus brevipes or related
Mushroom 4 Stropharia, not sure about the species, maybe hornemannii
Mushroom 5 is probably Boletus chrysenteron
Mushroom #1
Mushrooms #2
Mushrooms #3
Mushrooms #4
Mushroom #5
This one apprears to be a matsutake (Tricholoma Ponderosum). The difinitive characteristic would be the aroma, which is very unique. No other mushroom in America has this sweet scent.
Number two looks similar to a matsutake, but the convoluted cap of the bigger specimen throws me. This may be a catathelasma. And, looking back at number 1, that may also be a catathelasma. The scent of either one would be the telling difference.
Number three is a group of suillus species. I can’t give a specific ID to any of them.
The matsutake-looking mushrooms didn’t seem to have any particular scent to any of us. I also took a small nibble and it didn’t taste like anything either.
Number 4 almost looks like a gypsy (rozites caperata) except that the cap isn’t wavy, and the ring is more skirt-like, and the lower stem is shaggy with a bulbous base. So, as before, I will defer to more knowledgeable IDers.
Number 1 and 2 had another larger specimen and the cap had ridges. The mushroom has no aroma, and yes, it has a double veil and we had to cut through it to see the gills. Its a first for me – Catathelasma! Thank you.
Igor is correct except for #3. Some are S. bevipes. The one with the reddish brown pores is most likely Boletus piperatus. And there is one other in that collection that is also a S species but I can’t remember the name.
I missed an r in brevipes in my post above