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: small mushroom, single, in moss and pine debris in opening in pine forest
ST: ~30×5mm, cap-colored, min scurfy, whitish (not lilac) thin fuzz at base
CAP: ~20mm wide, flat-topped w margs broadly curled under, dk salmon-orange, scurfy, dull
VEIL: none
GILL: pinkish to salmon, sl decur, thick, dist, shallow, some forked
SPORE: failed to get print

Used key at Gregory Mueller’s site which suggests either L. laccata or L. proxima (non-striate and non-violet). These are primarily distinguished microscopically, but it mentions that L. proxima is more often scaly, which is how I would describe mine.

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Observation created: Mon Dec 03 18:07:14 -0800 2007
Last modified: Mon Dec 03 18:07:14 -0800 2007
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