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Deer Shield

Pluteus cervinus

Photo by MaryL
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Field Notes

Description:

This mushroom was a light brown color on top with a whitish stem. It was about two inches in diameter.

Habitat:

I found this mushroom growing right next to a creek beside a rotting log.

Species ID Suggestions

Deer Shield

Pluteus cervinus
chesterbperry
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Brown-cap russule

russule
raaly123
1

Comments (4)
Caleb Steindel
hey, raaly, i'm not so sure. i think i agree with chesterbperry. think it's a deer shield.
chesterbperry
This looks more like a deer shield to me, I am fairly confident it is not a Russula spp., as I think raaly meant.
MaryL
Thank you raaly123!
raaly123
Oh, that's a brown-cap russule! The France people don't eat them, but they are eatable and tasty!!

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PublishedFebruary 21, 2013

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