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Observation: Lepiota sp. (5810)

When: 2007-12-26
Collection location: Buttonwood, south Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
Herbarium specimen available

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Mushrooms of Key Largo (39)

Notes: small mushroom scattered in hammockleaf litter
ST: 30-40×2-3mm, some slightly enlarged at base, smooth, fragile, shiny, white
CAP: to 25mm wide, nearly plane, umbonate, smooth, rose or peach to pale pinkish to almost white, center dark pinkish or peachy red, striate at least at v margin, fragile
VEIL: partial, leaves sheath-like movable ring near top of stem, white to cap-colored
GILL: white, close, free, 2mm wide, clean
SPORE: print white

Saw several dozen of these, but not as common as the pure white ones.

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Observation created: Mon Dec 31 20:07:23 -0800 2007
Last modified: Mon Dec 31 20:09:03 -0800 2007
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