Pluteus cervinus — Deer Mushroom — Pluteaceae
Small to large mushroom. Convex cap, broadening, sometimes umbonate or planar, smooth or streaked with fibrils, dark brown to paler dingy brown, sometimes lighter margin, center brownish. Gills close, free, short gills present, whitish maturing to pinkish. Stalk as tall as cap diameter, equal or with thickened base, white, sometimes with darker fibrils, dark at base.
Habitat: Solitary or groups, decaying wood, humus, woody debris, most of hardwoods.
Scent: Radishlike
Spores: Pinkish-brown
Season: Autumn
Habitat: Solitary or groups, decaying wood, humus, woody debris, most of hardwoods.
Scent: Radishlike
Spores: Pinkish-brown
Season: Autumn
Umbonate cap
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Light cap margin, whitish stalk
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