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Phaeocollybia spadicea —  Pointed Cortinarius — Cortinariaceae


Medium mushroom. Cap conical, becoming plane, retaining an umbo and typically with an uplifted margin; smooth, very viscid, dark brown becoming paler at the margin. Gills narrowly attached, whitish, becoming pale rusty-brown. Stalk long, about equal, eventually tapering well below the soil level, viscid, whitish, turning a pale caramel-brown. Mycorrhizal.
 
 
Habitat:  In small clumps, in deep debris in conifer forests. 

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Rusty-brown

Season: Autumn

 

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Long whitish stalk
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

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Smooth, viscid cap
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

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Attached gills
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

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Long, equal stalk
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

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