On the side of a trail in a mixed forest.
Segregated pine forest. At most 5 species of mushrooms were noticed.
Two on a deciduous log, up to 9.3 cm wide and 6 cm deep, top of stem is black, bottom is not., spore print: white, microscopy
three on the ground, cap up to 3.7 cm wide, spore print: brown, microscopy
Small mushrooms, some growing together in clumps.
Turned orange when cut. Colour change began almost immediately.
Quite dense.
No odour.
Forest clearing. Floodplain.
Hydnum repandum ?
Hydnum subolympicum ? (Though they seem too small)
Hydnum canadense ?
[Scale on paper is 1/4"]
The stipe reminds me of Aureoboletus russellii.