Summer Bee:
re: I believe the mushroom in photo 1 is a Birch Polypore
I looked up Birch Polypore and that is clearly what it is. Thank you! Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) is edible, so I’m disappointed that David L. Spahr didn’t list it in his book.
I also found the following statement: “…although when they are brown or blackened they are no longer useful.”
Okay, so I can’t eat this one. Unfortunately, I don’t know what they look like before they are brown.
I agree that #9 and #10 are probably Turkey Tail. I even said so in the tiny print to the right of #10. However, neither looks enough like the Turkey Tail pictures I’ve seen to be sure.
#13 is surely the most interesting looking mushroom I’ve seen to date. Since it’s easy to get to that tree, I should go see if it has changed. A couple of days have passed and that is a long time for a fungus.
It occurs to me that I should use one of the old Android tablets I have when I hunt. I can load it with mushroom photos and descriptions from the internet. (Where I am, there’s no cell connectivity… and I don’t carry a smart phone.) David L. Spahr’s book might be good, but the internet is clearly much better.