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Decorated Pholiota Gorgeous orange-brown mushroom with a fantastically textured, shaggy, dry cap. The stem was also shaggy, except for the apex, which was bald and white. The cap had an inrolled margin and cream colored gills. Decorated Pholiota,Fall,Geotagged,Leucopholiota decorosa,Pholiota,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Decorated Pholiota

Gorgeous orange-brown mushroom with a fantastically textured, shaggy, dry cap. The stem was also shaggy, except for the apex, which was bald and white. The cap had an inrolled margin and cream colored gills.

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''Leucopholiota decorosa'' is a species of fungus in the Tricholomataceae family of mushrooms. Commonly known as the decorated pholiota, it is distinguished by its fruit body which is covered with pointed brown, curved scales on the cap and stem, and by its white gills. Found in the eastern United States, France, and Pakistan, it is saprobic, growing on the decaying wood of hardwood trees.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 29, 2018. Captured Oct 1, 2017 12:02 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm