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Chrysomphalina grossula  — Wynne's Omphalina — Hygrophoraceae


Small to large mushroom. Convex cap aging to uplifted, margin incurved when young, yellowish, becoming paler with age, hygrophanous, striate. Stalk yellow or greenish-yellow, fading, equal, smooth or with tiny hairs. Decurrent gills, similar color as cap, fading. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Scattered to large groups, on bark chips, Douglas-fir and Western hemlock forest.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: White

Season: Autumn



 
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Incurved margin
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Cap and margin bright yellow
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Decurrent gills
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Cap aging to plane
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