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Hygrophoropsis rufa  Fall,Geotagged,Hygrophoropsis rufa,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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Cap up to 10 cm, orange brown to brown; cap margin incurved. Stipe usually tapering towards the base, concolorous with the cap. Flesh orange, unchanging when exposed to air. Gills orange, decurrent (running down the stipe), forked. Smell not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores 5–7 × 3–4 μm, dextrinoid.
The status of H. rufa was until recently uncertain, but recent research by morphological and molecular techniques confirmed that it is a good species (see Holec & Kolařík 2013;.. more

Similar species: Boletales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Sep 14, 2015. Captured Oct 14, 2015 09:47 in Mountain Loop Hwy, Darrington, WA 98241, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 2s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm