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Pholiota polychroa
Cap: Largest, ca.7 cm diameter; broadly convex, or nearly flat; dry; mottled with shades pinkish purple; bald. Gills: Attached to the stem; close or crowded; gray-brown to purplish-brown. Stem: 2-4 cm long; ca 0.75 cm thick; dry; silky near the apex and rough below; whitish near the apex, brownish near the base.
Mushrooms growing directly on a fallen hardwood log in moist, southeast-facing gully slope under predominantly hardwood forest (with a few pines) about 5 m from a lake.
Identification courtesy of: The Mushroom Identification Forum (Closed Group, Facebook) This species is very variable in appearance.
Spotted on Oct 5, 2015
Submitted on Oct 7, 2015
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