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Macrolepiota prominens
Cap. Ca. 3 inches diameter, white with brown center; coarse scales. Gills. White, free. Stipe. Gray, ca. ¼ inches diameter and ca. 4 inches long; annulus present.
Solitary mushroom growing at the edge of a trail in a mixed hardwood/pine forest.
See a younger version of this mushroom at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/181... Bessette AE, Roody WC, Bessette AR, Dunaway DL. 2007. Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. First Edition, P.172 Note on Macrolepiota procera. ‘Macrolepiota (not illustrated), edible, is also similar [to Macrolepiota procera], but it has a white cap with scattered tiny brown scales, a thick double-edged ring, …’
Spotted on Sep 5, 2016
Submitted on Sep 5, 2016
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