Fungi Friday - Lots of UFOs

Here are some UFOs from Missouri for this #fungifriday

I found some strange looking orange mushrooms with a nice even edge blend to white. I thought maybe they were sulfur tufts at first but those don't have such a dark orange color to them.

The clumps they grow in also remind me of armillaria (honey mushrooms) but I've never seen one in this color.

I flipped one over and noticed not ring around the stem and they have nice symmetrical white gills. I've been searching Missouri Mushroom Observer all day trying to figure them out... still no luck...

Here is another UFO with more of a drab appearance.

They had a tough stem with a brittle cap and gills.

UFO #3 looks similar but I think they are a different mushroom because the gills look different and the cap is more rough.

These ones also remind me of honey mushrooms but I've never seen honey mushrooms in such a drab looking color.

Here is what the gills look like for UFO #3.

Here is UFO #4 I believe these look most like a honey mushroom possibly Armillaria tabescens. They are still very young at this age and haven't reached full maturity for a good ID.

The rough cap and yellow color seems to point to Armillaria tabescens. These are have a common name of ringless honey mushroom as there is no ring around the stem under the cap. They also have an interesting feature where their mycelium is bioluminescent. This one is said to be a choice edible but only if it is fully cooked otherwise you will get a stomach ache.

Finally one I can identify. These are some really old dried out winter mushrooms aka Flammulina Velutipes. If only had reached these a few days earlier it would have made a descent meal. Fortunately there is still a chance I might find some fresh ones as they tend to be found all the way up until the first snow in November. If not I can always buy some from the Asian supermarket where they are called Enokitake and they are skinny, long and white like a noodle because they grow them in a high Co2 environment.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)