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Purple-Gilled Laccaria

Laccaria ochropurpurea

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Field Notes

Description:

This is a truly beautiful mushroom, and in these pictures, you can see them in many phases of development. The spore "petals" are especially amazing. The stalk is long and thick.

Habitat:

Edge of Woodland, near a dirt road that is traveled frequently. Early autumn, late summer.

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Comments (2)
RonnyAnnBohrer
Thank you, Antonio. I cannot figure out how to reply, I'm afraid.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great series RonnyAnnBohrer ,beautiful fungi,congrats and thanks for sharing

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PublishedSeptember 29, 2014

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