Seasonality Snapshot
Status
Found solitary or groups on decaying hardwood.
Description
Cap: Brilliant orange-red, intense red over disc; smooth, slightly sticky when moist; prominent umbo when young, broadly convex when mature; margin incurved when young, fine splits in age; flesh light yellow. Gills: Whitish, finally becoming pale pink; crowded. Stalk: White/pale yellow, sometimes with orange-red toward base; striations running length of stalk.
Map Snapshot
4 Records
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Pluteus aurantiorugosus (caps) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014).
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Richard Orr.
Golden Granular Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Golden Granular Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Pluteus aurantiorugosus (gills and stalks) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014).
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Joanne Solem.
Spores collected from a Pluteus aurantiorugosus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). Elliptical, smooth; measured 6.4-6.7 X 4.7-4.9 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Spores of Golden Granular Pluteus in Howard Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.