This is a great adventure! Forest in autumn is magical so I hoped that you will be successful with finding the magical mushrooms :) Maybe next time..
It looks like there is a great variety of shrooms in Georgia! But who knows which ones are edible. This is why I find mushroom foraging too dangerous. You never know 100% unless you focus only on those that you're familiar with..
My favorite photo would be the one of a 'snail doing snail thing'. What a nice description!! :)
Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your curie vote!
I think if you are dedicated to studying mushrooms and use a field guide you'll be alright on your mushroom hunt. Color, spore prints, etc. But you are correct, if you are not 100% then don't eat a wild mushroom.