When: 1995-01-15
Collection location: Menlo Park, California, USA [Click for map]
No specimen available
Notes:
The date is only accurate to the month.
Collected with Gregg Ferguson for the 1995 Santa Cruz Fungus Fair. Identified based on the key in Arora’s Mushrooms Demystified, 2nd Ed.
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conopilus
By: Christian (Christian Schwarz)
2009-02-23 21:47:35 PST (-0800)
Looks a lot like this:
http://mushroomhobby.com/...
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C. tenera is virtually impossible to distinguish from various Psathyrella species without looking at the colour of the gills. The shape and colour of the pileus (especially when hydrated and translucent), as well as the brittle stipe, are really comparable.
Without photos of the gills we will never know for sure, but to trust that the original identifier noted the colour of the gills or took a spore print.