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Polyozellus multiplex
Blue chanterelle - Found in deep shaded mixed hardwood/pine/spruce forest
In the research cited below they collected a specimen of Polyozellus multiplex from the state (NC) where I found this observation.
##{Reference: page 4- "Table 1. Collections and ITS sequences used in this study"}
Also on page 11 of the research publication, the collected specimen came from the same area very close to where I documented this observation, ( 5.14 miles, (as the crow flies) from my observation)
##{Reference: page 11 - "NORTH CAROLINA: Macon County, Highlands (35.0533°N, 83.1528°W, 800m), on soil in mixed Pinus-Quercus forest, Dolville & G. Bozdog, AMC091612 (TENN071088)"}
## = ref: - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321804909_Polyozellus_multiplex_Thelephorales_is_a_species_complex_containing_four_new_species
''Polyozellus'' is a fungal genus in the family Thelephoraceae, a grouping of mushrooms known collectively as the leathery earthfans. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species ''Polyozellus multiplex'', first described in 1899, and commonly known as the blue chanterelle, the clustered blue chanterelle, or, in Alaska, the black chanterelle.
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