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Candy Cap

Lactarius fragilis

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44.9435, -71.6825

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Description:

Cap convex to flat or depressed. Dry; dark orange to cinnamon or reddish brown. fragile with an odor of maple syrup. Stem matches the cap.

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Mushroom Mapping
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Nonflowering Plants & Mushrooms of the NorthEastern US
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 5, 2013

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