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Floccularia cf. fusca  — Squamanitaceae


Small to medium mushroom. Convex cap, becoming planar, sometimes umbonate, surface moist to slightly viscid; developing scales or fibrils with age, whitish to grayish or grayish-brown, sometimes streaked, margin with white blotches from partial veil. Gills white to creamy, close, attached, with short gills often present. Stalk as tall as cap diameter, equal, sometimes narrowed at base, white, with scales below; sometimes a collapsed ring is present. Mycorrhizal.

Habitat: Solitary, scattered, or groups, alongside trails or in woods, coniferous forest.

Scent: Mild

Spores: White

Season: Spring to autumn




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Convex cap
Heart O' The Hills Campground, ONP

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Scales on cap
Heart O' The Hills Campground, ONP

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Whitish, attached gills
Heart O' The Hills Campground, ONP

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Fibrils on cap
Heart O' The Hills Campground, ONP

Ring present
Heart O' The Hills Campground, ONP

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