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Tricholoma vaccinum  — Tricholomataceae


Small to medium mushroom. Broadly convex or conical cap maturing to planar or with an umbo, dry, covered with reddish-brown to pale radial fibrils or scales, dark center, brownish becoming darker, margin inrolled when young. Gills attached, close, short-gills present, whitish, darkening with age, spotted. Stalk equal or thickened at either end, sometimes with reddish-brown scales or fibrils. Veil present, with fibrils or woolly, sometimes leaves remnants on cap margin but no ring. Mycorrhizal.
 
Habitat:
Scattered or groups, beneath conifers, often spruce.

Scent: Mealy, sweet, or not distinctive

Spores: White

Season: Autumn



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Reddish-brown cap with scales
Switchback Trail, ONP

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Crowded, attached gills
Switchback Trail, ONP

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Reddish-brown fibrils on thick stalk
Switchback Trail, ONP

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