When: 2008-03-17
Collection location: Mill Valley, CA [Click for map]
Who: (CureCat)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: I thought this was an unusual substrate for Volvariella gloiocephala, I almost exclusively find them growing from wood chips.
These two aged specimens were growing out of what appeared to be a Pine stump.
Sorry for the low resolution photos, I only had my cell phone (camera) with me.

I also considered Pluteus petasatus, however, the cap seemed more like v. gloiocephala I’ve found, than Pluteus.

Though, the stipe was too deeply rooted into the stump, and I was not able to recover the base in order to check for a volva.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Volvariella gloiocephala (DC.) Boekhout & Enderle		CureCat		(2)
Recognized by sight
Pluteus petasatus (Fr.) Gillet		CureCat		(2)
Recognized by sight

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Observation created: Wed Mar 19 02:55:34 -0700 2008
Last modified: Wed Mar 19 03:02:34 -0700 2008
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