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Overflowing Slimy Stem
Limacella illinita
40.5405, -3.68767
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: NIKON D300
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec., f/8
ISO 1 EV below 200
Focal Length: 90.0 mm
Objective lens: Tamron SP 90 AF f/2.8 72E.
Flash fired
Reference Links:
Limacella illinita
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2012
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