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Opmphalina ericetorum
small,moist, brownish cap, fading to yellow, with cream-yellow gills descending brownish stalk; with lichen or in moss. .5-3.5 cm wide cap. Season: June-September; March-May and October-November on Pacific Coast.
Scattered to several, in moss or soil or on conifer logs, but always associated with the lichen Botrydina vulgaris. ( I found these at Little Qualicum Falls Park)
Also known as Gerronema ericetorum. this is reportedly the most gilled mushroom in the arctic. info from the the book, "National Audubon Society field guid to Mushrooms"
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