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Bolbitius titubans — Yellow Fieldcap Mushroom — Bolbitiaceae


Small mushroom with tall stalk. Bright yellow rounded to egg-shaped cap slimy when young, lined on margin with age; cap becomes flattened with central yellowish depressed center when mature. Pale gills become rusty brown. Yellow-to-white stalk tapering, fragile, scaly or powdery, or sometimes smooth.  Partial veil absent. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Groups. Primarily hardwoods.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Rusty brown

Season: Summer to autumn




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Rounded cup
Pioneer Park, Sequim

Gills age to rusty-brown
Pioneer Park, Sequim

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