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Megacollybia plataphylla
Common name: the platterful mushroom. Knife in photo is 3.5" long. Cap of this specimen was 12"+ across. Growing at the base of a red oak tree in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Mixed woods - oak, birch, conifers, etc.
I originally ID'd this as Pluteus cervinus, the deer mushroom. Bitter, inedible.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2012
Submitted on Aug 15, 2012
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