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Wood Blewit

Clitocybe nuda

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Field Notes

Description:

Small purplish mushroom with a thick base. Cap about an inch across and stalk on largest mushrooms about an inch high. Growing in a dense clump along the side of the trail in a county park, near the coast. Spotted just after a week of rain.

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Clitocybe nuda

Species ID Suggestions

Wood blewit

Clitocybe nuda

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Comments (1)
DonnaPomeroy
Thanks Pouihi. There seemed to be a lot of variation in this species, after looking at many images on the web. I'm still not sure about it, but it looks like the most likely id.

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PublishedMarch 19, 2012

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