Pictures 5 and 6 could be either a Panther or a Jewel Amanita (Aminita gemmata). The Panther is Highly DEADLY poison while the Jeweled Amanita is not edible. To even make this mushroom worse there is one called a Blusher (Amanita rubescens) that is edible. But since they look like the two inedible and one being highly poisonous it's best to leave these mushroom alone! There is other things to consider too...One is only grows West of the Rockies. However in this day in age who can say if they now are in Pennsylvania. See it's just best to let these alone.. I THINK I know what it is but I would never even attempt to eat this particular mushroom because I THINK... I'm not 100% sure. Just the idea that it could be the PANTHER and not the edible Blusher makes me shy away from the Deadly aminita family.. However the Blusher is one of the few mushroom in the Amanita family that is edible with cooking...
As you all know you could take a spore print and see what color the spore print would be on mushrooms.. Cut a piece of 8 X 10 white paper to a 5 X 7 sheet of white paper... Take and 8 X 10 piece of black construction paper. Lay the 5 X 7 white paper on top of the black paper.. This makes two 5 X 7 test areas. One side white and one side black.. Lay the cap of the mushroom gill side down on the test area..Half laying on the black side, the other half laying on the white side... Most cases does not take long maybe and hour. The spore color of the mushroom transfers to the black side if the spore are white or light in color and to the white side if the color of the spores are brown...
Also one can take a microscope and look at the gills of a mushroom to determine what family and what it is.. This is getting to scientific but that how the scientist do it with a microscope...Now I have a microscope but would have to read up do you look for the shape of the gills or do you see the color of the spore when using the microscope?
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