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Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small mushroom, shorter than a blade of grass. Pristine, smooth white stalk. Beige cap, like a closed umbrella.

Habitat:

Grows in full sun in the grass, directly on the ground.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
RandyL.
Probably a Conocybe species.
mauna Kunzah
Thank you António! It very well could be a Coprinellus. This mushroom's smooth cap and the fact that it grows alone are confounding factors, though.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Fruiting Bodies of the World
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PublishedApril 21, 2014

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