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Status
Found scattered or in groups on ground; in moss or humus in damp hardwoods or conifer forests.
Description
Cap: Brownish-gray (wet) to buff (dry); convex with central hump (sometimes a central depression); silky to dry; margin faintly striate (wet); flesh white to gray. Gills: White to gray, pink in age; almost free; close. Stalk: White, hollow, white mycelium at base. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Entoloma squamatum (caps) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017).
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Joanne Solem.
Entoloma squamatum in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Entoloma squamatum in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Entoloma squamatum (overall) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017).
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Robert Solem.
Spores collected from a Entoloma squamatum specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores collected from an Entoloma squamatum specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/8/2017). 5- to 6-sided, brownish. Measured 8.3-10.9 x 6.6-7.5 microns.
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Robert Solem.