Species # 1 Habitat: Back yard, south-west Tennessee, scattered grass with various sticks, trees, leaves, and a nearby lake (approx. 100 yards away), located generally in/nearby woods
Gills: White with yellowish, off-white tinge; kind of a lot, close together, wavy (more wavy towards the outer edge)
Stem: Approx. 5-6 inches long, substantially thick, thicker/wider at base, narrower near cap; .25-1 inch in diameter. White with slight offwhite/yellow tinge. Stringy when broken.
Cap: Approx 2.5 inch in diameter; spongy texture; round, curved inward and under at the edges. Also white / offwhite.
Spore print color: None
Bruising: None observed
Other information:


 Smells pretty funky and bad. I know it's 99% definitely not any form of active mushroom, but was hoping to get an ID pertaining to my question (see below in paragraph).
Species # 2
Habitat: Back yard, south-west Tennessee, scattered grass with various sticks, trees, leaves, and a nearby lake (approx. 100 yards away), located generally in/nearby woods
Gills: Semi-dense but not packed together too tight; slightly brown; very slight waves at the end of each gill
Stem: brown, more grey above the veil (near cap); breaks easily but feels thick; about .5-1 inch thick near base, getting slightly thinner near cap. Veil is deteriorated but appears to have been brown or grey-brown
Cap: Brown; slight inward curve towards gills near edge; stripes/ridges around the edge extending about halfway up towards the middle of the cap; center is a flat tip about .75 inches in diameter, and slopes down towards edge. Darker brown in center, lighter near edge.
Bruising: None observed



General location: straight out of the ground in general grassy area with scattered trees.
Species # 3
Habitat: Back yard, south-west Tennessee, scattered grass with various sticks, trees, leaves, and a nearby lake (approx. 100 yards away), located generally in/nearby woods
Gills: white; straight, dense, equally spaced
Stem: Approx .75-1 inch tall; approx. .25-.5 inch wide; brownish-yellow near base, fading to white in the middle
Cap: golden yellow, slightly orange, dry and spongy, thick, round; concave at center; (possibly brownish-orange spores on top)
Bruising: none observed




General location: in ground near a buried dead cat; no grass within 3 feet nearby
Species # 4
Habitat: Back yard, south-west Tennessee, scattered grass with various sticks, trees, leaves, and a nearby lake (approx. 100 yards away), located generally in/nearby woods
Gills: white, thin, dense, slightly wavy near edge (where they meet cap)
Stem: light orange near base, fading to pure white about halfway, near cap; pretty thick, breaks when pinched (attempting to bruise)
Cap: golden orange, orange dust (spores?), orange bumps (pores?); sort of flat/wavy, concave center
Bruising: none observed



General location: same as species # 3; appears to be an older sample.
Species # 5
Habitat: Back yard, south-west Tennessee, scattered grass with various sticks, trees, leaves, and a nearby lake (approx. 100 yards away), located generally in/nearby woods
Gills: thin; not very dense; white with reddish-purpleish-rustyish spots (possibly spores); straight
Stem: straight; pretty strong; about 1.5 inches long, .25-.5 inches thick; light brown; straight
Cap: wavy-flat; brown-grey; shiny; smooth
Bruising: none observed




General location: growing straight out of the ground in same general area as others.
Sorry if this is a waste of time; I know probably none of these are worth while, except possibly 3/4. I am mainly wondering, aside from whether or not any of these are active, if it is bad to store active mushrooms with poisonous mushrooms. I was hunting and storing my samples in a small plastic, empty sandwich meat container. I would like to know (couldn't find elsewhere) if it is safe to eat an active mushroom that has been stored with and touching a deadly mushroom. Thanks for taking the time to reply guys.
PS: the pictures are not blurry if you click them to open in new window
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