The New River Valley Mushroom Club met at Pandapas Pond in late August for a 4-hour mushroom foray. The group of 25 “hunters” scoured the forest and then met up again at the picnic tables to sort and identify their finds. Below are some photos of the bounty of mushrooms they collected. It was a fine day outdoors with old friends and new!
The captions on the photos are approximate names. I am not a mushroom expert!
Gem studded puffballs
Beefsteak polypore (underside, young)
Hedgehog- Hydnum sp.?
A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?
Young Cortinarius sp.?
Entoloma salmoneum?
Cortinarius sp.
Amanita (The Grisette?)
Coker’s Amanita?
Sorting the collection
Coker’s Amanita
Indigo Lactarius
A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?
Cortinarius sp?
A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?
The Lactarius group
Maybe Amanita jacksonii?
Entoloma salmoneum?
Beefsteak polypore (top)
VIRGINIA WILDFLOWERS 
Gloria, Did I ever share with you my mushroom “rose”? It appeared in July 2015, and I never saw it before or since. John John Lindner 3995 William Ct Charlottesville, VA 22903 Mobile: 434-282-8965 John.Lindner@comcast.net
I don’t think so, John. Send a pic!