When: 2007-12-01
Collection location: CabinCove, Smoky Mountains, Haywood Co., North Carolina, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
No herbarium specimen

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of CabinCove (40)

Notes: large mushroom, single, in mossy soil in opening in mixed forest, no odor
ST: 65×10-13mm, fairly even, not viscid, fibrous, crushing when bent but not breaking, orange above to pale yellowish below, solid/stuffed becoming hollow, same color inside as out, no fuzz at base
CAP: 50-60mm wide, plane to sl uplifted, sl umbo, viscid, smooth, shiny, red fading to yellow-orange where covered with lvs
VEIL: none
GILL: almost free, thick, dist, some forks, pale yellish, many quite wavy
SPORE: print whitish (v faint)

This was literally frozen solid when I picked it this morning. No time to prepare specimen before leaving town.

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Hygrocybe punicea (Fr.) P. Kumm.		pellaea		(no votes)

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Observation created: Mon Dec 03 17:34:28 -0800 2007
Last modified: Mon Dec 03 17:34:28 -0800 2007
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