A warm and wet September, especially after a dry warm summer stimulated a lot of mushrooms to fruit later than usual.  Boletes and Amanitas were especially visible this fall.

Here are some examples:

A nice harvest of one of the Boletes, possibly a Suillus.

One of the Boletes up close, usually with a smooth cap, and variable markings on the stem…

… and spore tubes underneath, instead of gills.

I don’t recall what these gilled mushrooms are.

Amanita muscaria (a yellow/orange variety) just past the button stage …

About a day older specimen… showing the remnants of the veil on the stem (stipe).

In spite of the spore tubes this is NOT a Bolete.  It is a Polypore of some sort attached to a yellow birch branch.

A common name for this mushroom is Fly agaric.

Boletes:

Amanita:

I don’t recall what these gilled mushrooms are:

 

Bolete:

Another gilled mushroom

Bolete:

This is NOT a chanterelle:

My best mushroom field guide was written many years ago by Orson K Miller.  It remains a classic.  Foraging for mushrooms is safe and lots of fun … if you know what you’re doing and don’t take chances.   I suggest buying a good field guide if you want to eat wild mushrooms.  Some of the internet websites are not reliable. This one appears to be quite good.