NC, Outer Banks, 20071113
Nags Head Woods, fungi and lichens and others.

These fungi were found in random places along trail.

Morganella perlatum []

GEN puffball, in leaf litter next to rotting hardwood log
ST 30x15-20mm, conspic whitish fuzz around base
CAP 30mm wide, creamy to sl tannish, min finely soft warty, solid color, sl umbo, skin ~0.5mm thick
FLESH white, v soft and spongy, stains bright yellow esp at base and just under spore mass
SPORE soft, spongy, olive-drab

Suillus decipiens []

GEN small bolete, trail-side, mixed forest, sev scattered, mild taste and odor
ST 40-50x10mm, solid, curved, cap-like texture and color to maybe a bit more colored (esp orange tones below and yellow tones at top), rather orange flesh inside, sl to v off-center
CAP 40-50mm wide, broadly convex to plane, densely fibrillose, some odd nondescript pinkish yellowish brownish off-white, fine ster marg
FLESH 10mm thick, whitish, staining reddish in spots throughout quickly, soft
VEIL none
PORE ochre, pores irreg and large (around 1mm wide), somewhat radially arranged, sl decur, to 5mm deep, bruise brownish
SPORE print yellowish brown

Leucopaxillus laterarius []

GEN medium mushroom, few scattered in mulch under mixed woods
ST 80x10-15mm, thickest at top, tapering to root, white, tough, not breaking, fibrous, stuffed, unchanging
CAP ~60mm wide, convex, smooth to v min tom, dry, pale pink with some yellow overtones, clean, v sl ster marg, cuticle peels a bit
FLESH firm, tough, white, ~10mm thick, unchanging, mild odor, bitter taste
VEIL none
GILL pale peach, close, clean, unbr, ~5mm deep
SPORE print white?

Lyophyllum []

GEN small mushroom, clustered in soil under mixed forest
ST ~20x2mm, cap-color, dry, smooth, whitish fuzz at base
CAP 12mm wide, convex, brownish golden, smooth, dry, sl dker in center, marg curled under when young
FLESH whitish, ~2mm thick, firm, unchanging
VEIL maybe some sign of evanescent cortina on a few of youngest
GILL sl decur, pale yellow, 2-3mm deep, unbr
Arora key suggests Cyptotrama chrysopeplum, but gives little description (small and yellow with mealy particles, but doesn't mention if it clusters). A slightly better possibility is Armillariella tabescens in the A. mellea group, but little is said about its size or color (just that it is clustered on the ground in the east, lacks a veil, and has whitish spores). It could well be a Lyophyllum or Collybia, but the evanescent veil might rule them out (Arora doesn't describe any small Lyophyllum, and none of the Collybia he describes sounds close). Lastly, the Clitocybe look like mostly the wrong shape and/or size. I think that about exhausts it.

Psilocybe corneipes []

GEN tiny mushroom, scattered in dry pond bed in mixed forest
ST 25-30x1mm, golden at top to rich reddish brown below, smooth, dry, flexible and soft but unbreaking, fuzz at base
FL minute, fragile, dingy
CAP 10-20mm wide, convex to plane, sl umbo to not at all, golden brown to deep brown, hygrophanous (fading pale golden-brown), translucent striate in age, smooth, dry
GILL notched, pale brown to deep mottled brown, not straight
SPORE print dark brown
Seems Psathyrella and Psilocibin are my only possibilities for such small mushrooms with a dark brown spore print. Panaeolus has black spores, Naematoloma is generally tufted (though the N. dispersum group is worth considering), Stropharia are too large. Psathyrella has fragile flesh (including stalk), while mine didn't break when bent. (Psathyrella is not generally colorful, either.) There are several Psilocibins that are promising, particularly P. corneipes which is dull orange-brown and inhabits wet areas (such as the pond that mine are in).

These plants were scattered about, too.

Persicaria setacea? []

Basing ID on photo alone; guessing species from Wunderlin key.
GEN large herb, in dry pond bed, glab
LF rather large
ocreae non-overlapping, long-ciliate
INFL term, spike-like
TEP 5, few mm long, white to pinkish

Pinus palustris []

LF in 2's, to 10-12" long
FR over 8" long

Pinus serotina []

LF in 2's
FR to 2"

Pinus taeda []

LF in 2's
FR in between

Magnolia virginiana []

Tillandsia usneoides []

ST conspic hairy
LF evergreen, ellip, petioled, acute, smooth, fragrant
If the leaves were hairy below and the twigs were appressed-hairy, it could be Persea borbonia.

This grass and these two reindeer mosses were under the powerlines.

Sorghastrum elliottii []

GEN tall grass
LF ant scaber both sides, memb ligule
INFL pan-like, erect
SPKLT 2 fls, conspic soft strig, black or at least dark, not comp
bracts 2, equal, 1 vein, lin, ~7mm long, v hairy
glumes 7mm, 5-7 veins, hairy, entire
lemma v thin, ~3.5mm, stram, glab, 3 veins?, awn from base
palea similar to lemma, sl shorter
awn over 30mm long, black, twisted, often bent 90deg ab middle, hairy at base
The "bracts" are auricles of the sheath of a vestigial pedicellate spklt.