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My identifications are guesses; I can sometimes - but not always - be confident when I have the actual mushroom in my hand.
Urbana, Illinois
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In the middle of the parking lot! (?)
Not Laetiporus
Macrolepiota or Chlorophyllum, hard to tell from the photo without seeing the gills.
Not turkey tail and spore color eliminates most Fomes or Fomitopsis because of spore color. Perhaps phellinus
Almost certainly oyster mushroom
They both stain blue ... http://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletus_bi... Mushrooms Demystified p 521 (David Arora) says that sensibilis can be distinguished as having a yellow stem, whereas these definitely have red. Note that the stem doesn't stain nearly as darkly or as quickly as the pores.
