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Gymnopilus spectabilis
Now that you have the ID please edit your spotting adding the common name and scientific name as well :)
Congratulations on Spotting of the Day! Welcome to Project Noah! :) Wonderful mushroom!
Great capture Botilopez,beautifull mushrooms,congrats on the Sotd,thanks for sharing and welcome to project Noah.
Fantastic Photo!
I agree, they're probably Gymnopilus junonius (=G. spectabilis), although it's possible that they're another Gymnopilus species.
As you said Boti, "The mushrooms are magic" - G. junonius and some other species of Gymnopilus contain the hallucinogenic compounds psilocin and psilocybin.
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Thank very much for the comments. Spotting of the day was a surprise, just yesterday I joined at the project noah. Excuse me for my english, I'm in the process of learning