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Fairy Ring Mushroom

Marasmius oreades

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Description:

Small mushrooms growing in a fairies ring. Cap: 3/8 to 1 5/8 wide. bell shaped with inrolled margin, becoming convex to broadly knobbed; margin upturned with age. smooth, pale yellow-brown, fading to buff-white to grayish.

Habitat:

Lawn

Reference Links:

Fairy ring - Wikipedia

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Nonflowering Plants & Mushrooms of the NorthEastern US
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PublishedMay 9, 2017

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