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Pholiota spumosa  — Slender Pholiota — Strophariaceae


Small to medium mushroom. Conical or convex cap maturing to planar or umbonate, smooth or with streaked appearance, viscid when wet, olive-brown becoming brown or paler at center, dingy at margin. Gills attached or notched, yellow, greenish-yellow, aging to brown. Tall stalk, equal, with fibrils, yellowish above and brownish below, spreading upward, small scales when fresh, smooth above ring, brownish below. Pale yellow veil, leaving slight remnants on cap margin and stalk. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Solitary to gregarious or tufted, terrestrial or coniferous debris.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Brown

Season: Autumn


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Olive-brown cap, viscid when wet
5th Avenue, Sequim

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Attached or notched gills
5th Avenue, Sequim

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Veil remnants on cap
5th Avenue, Sequim

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