Notes: Beautiful specimen—look at that well-defined cup! The information is somewhat incomplete (e.g., no gill color or spore print), simply because I didn’t want to uproot this beautiful mushroom and destroy it. I’m hoping we can ID it with the information that I have.
Habitat: Central NJ USA under oaks and conifers
Gills: don’t know. Mushroom was so perfect that I didn’t want to destroy it.
Stem: 6cm long, 1-2cm wide, very distinct cup/bulb at base
Cap: 7cm, estimated 12cm expanded, brown scales on white cap
Spore print color: Don’t know
Bruising: Don’t know
Other information: Lovely specimen
[admin – Sat Aug 14 01:59:17 +0000 2010]: Changed location name from ‘Central NJ, U.S.A. under conifer’ to ‘Under conifer, Central New Jersey, New Jersey, USA’
