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witches hat
Hygrocybe conica
43.5757, -124.175
Field Notes
Description:
Red mushroom, small, and slimy when young, drying quickly when mature or when conditions are dry http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7876389 Bruises black.
Habitat:
coniferous forest
Notes:
Not edible as may be poisonous. 4 deaths in China are attributed to this beauty, which is often eaten as a hallucinogenic. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6833336 for another older spotting
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 22, 2011
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