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Description:

Small, purple cap with white stem

Habitat:

moist woods

Notes:

Just starting to study the mushrooms and afraid of misidentifying anything.. thanks for any help you can offer!

7 Comments

ScottRasmussen
ScottRasmussen 12 years ago

I've been tentatively identifying these same mushrooms found in the Holyoke Range as C. nuda as well. based on the color they take on when they age, like in your second shot.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

it could be. therefore it will always just be an suggestion. you must decide because you saw, maybe smelled or touched the mushroom. it is also aways difficult to suggestion mushrooms ---> there are so many LITTLE differents or just the smell can distinguish one mushroom from a total different genus. and i think the place is only an indication, because of climate-change and shipping. as long as the mushroom/animal has his conditions to tribe it could pop up everywhere. but some are yet still where there schould be.!!!

ElizabethAngelo
ElizabethAngelo 12 years ago

Thank you, Alex, I will! :)

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

little tip - try to get as many info about the mushroom as you can : stem;gills; cap and a little bit under/background (on what he grows) when you spott the next mushroom

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

me too. that is what my world spinned around, sadly here are not so many people intressted in nature- when it isn't camping to grill somewhat.

ElizabethAngelo
ElizabethAngelo 12 years ago

Thank you! This is my 1st day on Project Noah and I love it.

ElizabethAngelo
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ElizabethAngelo

Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011

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