Onion-bagel Pholiota

I chose this mushroom for no particular reason, except for the fact that it might be the most appropriately named mushroom that I've found. The Onion-bagel Pholiota (Pholiota aurivella) is a mushroom that starts out with a veil. Then, as the mushroom grows, the veil sticks to the stem, forming a ring. Some of these mushrooms leave traces of the veil on the cap, forming scales on the top. The scales on particular mushroom are dark in color. That, combined with the orange color of the mushroom itself, means that it look exactly like an onion bagel. It's weird. They are typically found on living deciduous trees that have been damaged in some way. And no, they aren't edible.

Steel-blue Entoloma

After a bit of a break, the mushroom today is the Steel-blue Entoloma (Entoloma nitidum). Definitely one of the most distinctive (and bluest) I've seen, it has a large, fleshy cap that is convex to umbonate. The well spaced gills start out white, then turn pink over time. The stem is tough and fibrous, and is not considered edible. The only downside to this mushroom is that it is not found in North America, sadly. Damn foreigners, they get all the good mushrooms.