When: 2007-11-21
Collection location: CabinCove, Smoky Mountains, Haywood Co., North Carolina, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
Herbarium specimen available

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of CabinCove (40)

Notes: small mushroom, in ones or twos, on ground in moist mixed forest
ST: cap-colored, slimy, smooth to fibrillose, shiny striate, 30-50×4-5mm, solid, fragile, fibrous
CAP: 15-20mm, whitish to v pale yellowish brown in center when old, v slimy, smooth, convex, slight umbo, margin curled under when young
FLESH: 1mm thick, white
VEIL: none (or just a layer of slime)
GILL: decurrent, white, thick and waxy, somewhat distant
SPORE: failed to get print before it dried up but it’s got to be white

Pretty clear ID using Demystified. If not precisely this species, it’s got to be close.

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Observation created: Sat Nov 24 10:11:31 -0800 2007
Last modified: Sat Nov 24 10:11:31 -0800 2007
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