I give up.
Online mushroom identification is geared towards two groups:
a) those who want to find wild mushrooms to eat, and
b) those who want to find wild mushrooms to get high.
Since I want to do neither, I spent an extremely frustrating hour trying to identify just the first fungus above.
The other day when I had the Calostoma species it was a lot easier. I remembered seeing something similar in my one slim mushroom field guide and was able to Google that and find its relatives.
So, online mushroom identification can be simple... if you already know what you have.
Otherwise, like me, you need to buy a book.
(There is the beautiful Rogers Mushrooms online, but I believe it's mainly geared towards Europe at present.)
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