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Field Notes

Notes:

I am fascinated by these! Never thought a simple fungus could look so beautiful. The largest one is at least 5 inches across.

Species ID Suggestions

silky sheath

Volvariella bombycina

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Comments (3)
brettpim
I agree with Volvariella bombycina and will suggest this ID
pamsai
lovely Cammie. Lightworkerpeace turned me onto this good site for IDing fungi... www.mushroomobserver.org Good luck!
Ivan Rodriguez
That's exactly what I felt when I first began observing the fruit of the fungi kingdom. They are some kind of amazing, yet they could be as simple and plain as the ones you have photographed here. And the shots are great! :)

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BioBlitz! Oklahoma
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PublishedJune 19, 2012

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