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Overflowing Slimy Stem
Limacella illinita
40.5369, -3.68599
Field Notes
Description:
The cap had approximately 5cm radius, round becoming convex then wide or with a broad umbo, the margin hanging with slimy veil remnants. It is white or cream in color. It feels smooth and sticky or slimy.
The gills are free, non-waxy, close, broad and white in color.
The stem was 7 cm long, fleshy and soft. White in color, it is also sticky and slimy.
It is a mushroom in the genus Limacella, in the family Amanitaceae
Habitat:
Found in an open pine-trees and holm oak forest.
Notes:
Camera Model: Apple iPad 2
Exposure Time: 1/30 sec.
Aperture Value: 2.53 EV (f/2.4)
ISO Speed Rating: 80
Focal Length: 2.0 mm
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Limacella illinita
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PublishedDecember 1, 2011
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