Looks a lot like Paxillus involutus. Cute dog.
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This definitely looks like some sort of Bovista (puffball) and not at all like an Amanita (e.g. Destroying Angel) to me.
Possibly. Or an Amanita, or a whole range of other things... very hard to tell with just this one picture.
(My very uninformed, stab-in-the-dark guess would be Amanita vaginata actually.)
Cool! Take a couple of pictures from different angles next time, and I'm sure people here will love to try and ID it. (Don't be afraid to touch any mushroom, just tell small kids not to touch them.)
Looks to me like three different types:
- unclear, need more pictures
- looks like a very old Xerocomellus of some kind
- unclear, need more pictures
Definitely not oysters. Possibly Tapinella atrotomentosa.
In my experience, the only way to "really know" a mushroom is to find it repeatedly, have it in your hand, smell it, and have someone next to you who really knows their stuff and talk to them about the mushroom in your hand, and learn that way what characteristics to look for. Then find it again, identify it yourself, confirm with an expert. Repeat until you don't have to ask.
Yeah, that's pretty interesting. It's one of those mushrooms that in a pinch you could probably eat and it wouldn't kill you. Supposedly tastes okay, too.