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Variable Pholiota
Pholiota polychroa
33.9697, -83.7294
Field Notes
Description:
Cap: Largest, ca.7 cm diameter; broadly convex, or nearly flat; dry; mottled with shades pinkish purple; bald.
Gills: Attached to the stem; close or crowded; gray-brown to purplish-brown.
Stem: 2-4 cm long; ca 0.75 cm thick; dry; silky near the apex and rough below; whitish near the apex, brownish near the base.
Habitat:
Mushrooms growing directly on a fallen hardwood log in moist, southeast-facing gully slope under predominantly hardwood forest (with a few pines) about 5 m from a lake.
Notes:
Identification courtesy of: The Mushroom Identification Forum (Closed Group, Facebook)
This species is very variable in appearance.
Reference Links:
Pholiota polychroa (MushroomExpert.Com)
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
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