It’s a big confusing group, (c. subconnexa) with some other choices as well. So probably square two…. Unless you have something new for the boreal forest. I’ll check the swiss books if there is something else and send you the microscopic details.

I have mushrooms growing on my lawn with all this rain, but they are definitely not the typical Calgary lawn mushrooms. Can anyone help?!? I cant seem to load a file picture here but my phone number is 403-671-4534, I can text a photo to anyone who would be so ind as to help me….

These are russulas, to Id to species we need spore colour, taste ( does it have a bit like a pepper) and if it bruises or not. When you rub the stalk with the blunt end of a knife does it change colour, if so what colour. Russulas are tricky, this one maybe Russula chamaeoleontina….

This is very cool. It is a leucoagaricus naucina as mentioned before, it mean the white agaricus. But those of you familiar with the shaggy parasol, formerly known as macrolepiota rhacodes, see how similar they are in character including the stature, gills, spore colour and the reddish brown bruising on the stalk. I think that…

Shaggy parasol, chlorophyllum rhacodes. Parasol is chlorophyllum procera…. Mushrooms are complex because there are so many of them. When you are starting out try and use the scientific terms because it shows you the relationships and eventually will pay big dividends making sense of the whole mess. If you get the book Mushrooms of western…

Found these under a stand of aspen, where I often pick red caps. Spore print white, I can grab some more if ID uncertain. There were others nearby which were just springing from volva or still looking like a little egg. I have also kept part of the cap to see how it deteriorates over…

Thank you. Sorry for my inaccurate name. I have recently gotten quite interested in mushrooms I find them fascinating. It seems everywhere I look there are more. I will try to learn the names as I go but please have patience with my inaccuracies as I try to learn the proper names. Thank you for…

Kind of looks like a king, but not with the fat stalk of the European version. The reticulation on on the stem suggests that as well as the flesh remaining white, but only in one of your photos. Could you have two different ones? The ” must” and maybe some of the colouring on the…

Great! Thanks so much for the info Martin! …much appreciated! I had read about the Hemlock and came across one source that said a variety of conifers so I wasn’t sure about it showing up in Alberta – I am very glad to hear you haven’t come across one in your many years of experience!…

Lucky you! It is a large puffball. Although with that large base I’d say it’s likely not our typical giant puffball Calvatia gigantia; I keyed it out to a relative Calvatia bovista. All edible and good provided that it is still nice and white and not turning yellow or green,