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MUOB

Mushroom Observer

Catalog #: MUOB 271252

Taxon: Hypomyces hyalinus (Schwein.) Tul. & C. Tul.
Family: Hypocreaceae

Collector: Soloist MUOB 271252

Date: 2016-08-16

Verbatim Date: 2016-8-16

Locality: United States, New York, Orange, Harriman State Park

41.2871 -74.1356

Description: Original observation #271252 (Mushroom Observer)

Occurrence Remarks: This was an odd find. I could not find any evidence of gills, or pores. They looked as though some sort of crust encompassed the caps. Almost as if it were an infected Destroying Angel, there were plenty around that day. Was it parasitism? Strangely, one of the very small caps doesn't have the crust. To be honest I'm at a loss where to even begin...

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