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Description
Cap: Whitish with pale yellow center to overall pale yellow in age; convex with low umbo to flat; smooth, viscid when fresh; often with veil fragments along margin. Gills: Whitish, to gray-brown, then purple-black; close. Stalk: Whitish/yellowish; tapers up; fragile white ring radially striate above; white basal mycelium with long white rhizomorphs (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
Where To Find
Scattered in grassy areas (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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A Stropharia melanosperma (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/7/2014).
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A Stropharia melanosperma (gills) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/7/2014).
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A Stropharia melanosperma in Howard Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). Fruiting body removed from substrate showing rhizomorphs at base of stalk.
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Stropharia melanosperma in Howard Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Stropharia melanosperma in Howard Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Stropharia melanosperma in Howard Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Stropharia melanosperma spores collected in Howard Co., Maryland (10/7/2014). Elliptical, smooth; measured 10.6 - 12.6 X 6.8 - 7.6 microns.
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Spores of Stropharia melanosperma in Howard Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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