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Jack o' lantern Mushrooms

Omphalotus illudens

Description:

the whole cluster was about 10 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches tall

Habitat:

spooted on roadside beside river next to (but not on) an old oak stump

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3 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Good eye, Kristal. Thanks for the ID. I don't recall ever seeing one before.

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Those look a lot like the jack-o-lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens) I spotted a few months ago - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/721....

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Nice colors!

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Florida, USA

Spotted on Nov 12, 2011
Submitted on Nov 13, 2011

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