Found one 8/14/20
INaturalist suggests Old Man of the Woods

I found one of these also. Would love to know what it is. Found in mixed leaf litter (pine and oak) under an hundred year old oak tree.

Not an old man. Working on id. Sit tight!

Looked at old man. Yeah it definitely could be. Thanks

I walk this path most every day. Never noticed them before. Lots of mushrooms in the area. Yesterday’s mushroom was just about gone, but new one sprung up overnight. Seem to be black from the start and are all black. Posting new pictures taken today.

I thought of that but the blackness on the picture here looks more spotty than on a black velvet bolete, and the texture (from what I could make out in a zoon in) didn’t look right either. I couldn’t think of anything black that SHOULD be maturing right now.

How about a black velvet bolete? Same problem with timing. Should be July or later.

Having said that, my best guess, lacking a somewhat closer photograph, and more details (size, etc) would be an Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces confusus or Strobilomyces floccopus) but it’s really too early in the season for those to be anywhere near that mature. But then it was a very mild winter and lots of things have been growing oddly this year, or maturing early…

Hmmmm. Not asking you to touch one, as that might be dangerous, but pictures of the bottom would be helpful. Also, knowing if they are black all along or if they have turned black just near the end (or at the end) of their life cycle. there are a number of black shrooms and I’d hesitate to plug a name on it from just that view.