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Can anyone help me identify these mushrooms? Found them in a patch of dirt in my backyard area next to a stump. I live in Los Angeles. They look darker than they did yesterday, possibly because they're wet (it's been raining hard all morning), but I'm also pretty sure they're dead/rotting. They were either being crushed by or growing around a ladder that I moved, that I'm sure wasn't great for them.
The whole thing looks gross and decomposing, so I'm pretty sure they're old and rotting. Wasn't able to get a spore print either, though that's something I had never done before so maybe I'm just doing it wrong. If they're all decomposing, should I remove them all to give a chance for new fruiting bodies to spring up? I doubt the rains will last here much longer so I want to allow for new mushrooms to pop up if that's possible.
The whole thing looks gross and decomposing, so I'm pretty sure they're old and rotting. Wasn't able to get a spore print either, though that's something I had never done before so maybe I'm just doing it wrong. If they're all decomposing, should I remove them all to give a chance for new fruiting bodies to spring up? I doubt the rains will last here much longer so I want to allow for new mushrooms to pop up if that's possible.