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Observation: Hygrophorus purpurascens (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr. (4128)

When: 2007-09-14
Collection location: Lake Owen, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA [Click for map]
Who: Barry Hammel (bhammel)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: Growing in Lodgepole pine forest at the edge of a Quaking aspen grove. Only this cluster of two seen. This gilled fungus with rather thin gills running down the stem has a pleasant, mushroomy fragrance, but a slightly soapy taste.

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Fungi sp.   bhammel    (2)  
Hygrophorus purpurascens (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.   douglas    (2)   Eyes
Recognized by sight: Purple colors, decurrent gills, some evidence of a veil in the first photo.

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Created: 2007-09-18 16:07:47
By: Douglas Smith (douglas)
Summary: Get a spore print?

You should get a spore print here. But it might be Hygrophorus, and with growth near pines in the mountains it might be H. purpurascens. But it also might other things, and might even be a Cort, if it has a brown spore print. (Lots of Corts have purple tones in them.) (Although not whitish gills…)

Created: 2007-09-18 15:37:29
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Summary: Probably an Hygrophorus

near H. russula, but the cap color is a little off. I’ll have to look it up when I get home tonight.

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Observation created: Mon Sep 17 22:43:43 -0700 2007
Last modified: Mon Sep 17 22:51:47 -0700 2007
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