With the continuing rain, the fall mushroom season is progressing rapidly. A good place to start looking for wild mushrooms is in your yard and pastures. There are numerous interesting species that grow in grass. Here are a few of the many.
Coprinus comatus (Shaggy Mane)
Shaggy mane is one of the easiest wild mushrooms to identify and a great beginning species if you are tempted to try eating your first wild mushroom. Most people say they are delicious. Cut them lengthwise to be sure they are young and pure white. They have a columnar cap covered with shaggy scales. Look for them along roadsides, in grassy areas, and in garden wood chips. They are famous for bursting up through asphalt and damaging tennis courts.
Good edibles but you only want to eat them if pure white when you cut them open. The caps will completely liquify as the spore mass becomes black ink.